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Contents 


FAGB 

Sir  Roger's  Family 

.      15 

Mr.  Will  Wimble 

.      31 

The  Picture  Gallery     . 

.      49 

A  Country  Sunday 

.      71 

The  Widow              .... 

.      87 

The  Chase    ..... 

.     Ill 

The  County  Assizes 

.     135 

The  Spectator's  Return  to  Town 

.    159 

ivi23647i 


List  of  IisIsOstrations 


Half-title 

Dancing  **  Sir  Roger  de  Coverley  ** 

Headpiece  to  Contents 

Vignette 

Headpiece  to  List  of  Illustrations 

Vignette 

Headpiece  :  Sir  Roger's  Family 

"I  have  observed  them  stealing 

over  an  hedge  " 
The  gray  pad  .... 
Sir  Roger  arrives  at  the  house 
The  Village  Court  of  Assize   . 
Sir  Roger's  chaplain 
Headpiece  :  Mr.  Will  Wimble 
Sir  Roger  on  the  bowling-green 
Will  Wimble  in  the  hunting-field 
Will  Wimble  with  the  puppies 


Frontispiece 


a  sight  of  me 


PAGE 

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21 
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27 
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37 
39 


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12 


List  of  Illustrations 


The  story  of  the  garters 

How  the  jack  was  caught 

Headpiece  :  The  Picture  Gallery  . 

The  force  of  dress  .... 

Sir  Roger's  ancestor  at  the  turnament 

*' Knocked  down  two  deer-stealers  in   carrying 

her  off" 

Sir  Roger's  ancestor  invents  a  new  mode  of  mak 

ing  love 

'•The  day  before  the  battle  of  Worcester ' 

Tailpiece  to  the  Picture  Gallery    . 

Headpiece  :  A  Country  Sunday     . 

The  weekly  instruction  in  the  tunes  of  the  Psalms 

Sir  Roger  stands  up  to  count  the  congregation 

John  Matthews        .        . 

Sir  Roger  and  his  tenants 

Catechising  day 

The  'squire  of  the  next  parish 

Headpiece  :  The  Widow 

The  grove  sacred  to  the  widow 

*'  The  kind  looks  and'  glances  ** 

"  She  cast  her  bewitching  eye  upon  me  *' 

**  With  such  an  awe  as  made  me  speechless 

**  Has  directed  a  discourse  to  me  which  I  do  not 

understand  "     . 
*•  I  am,  my  lovely  Nsevia,  ever  thine  *' 


List  of  Illustrations  13 

PAGE 

Headpiece  :  The  Chase 113 

The  gray  stone-horse 117 

*'A  most  excellent  bass  *' 119 

"  Happy  if  they  could  open  a  gate  "...  121 

"  If  puss  was  gone  that  way  ?  "  ....  123 
"  'Twas  a  wonder  they  had   not  lost  all  their 

sport" 125 

"An  old  hound  of  reputation  "      .        .        .        .  127 

A  noted  liar 127 

"With  all  the  gaiety  of  five  and  twenty  "    .        .  129 

Headpiece  :  The  County  Assizes    ....  137 

Sir  Roger  takes  us  to  the  Assizes  ....  138 

"The  two  plain  men  who  rid  before  us  "     .         .  139 

An  honest  yeoman 141 

Tom  Touchy 143 

Will  Wimble 145 

The    widow    consults  her   lawyer    anent    Tom 

Touchy 147 

"A  general   whisper  ran   through    the    country 

people  that  Sir  Roger  was  up*'  .  .  .  149 
"We  stopped  at  a  little  inn  to  rest  ourselves  and 

our  horses " .  151 

Inspecting  *'  his  honor's  head  with  the  alterations 

that  he  had  ordered  to  be  made  in  it  '*    .         .  155 

Much  "might  "  be  said  on  both  sides    .        .        .  157 

Headpiece  :  The  Spectator's  Return  to  Town       .  161 


14  List  of  Illustrations 


PAGE 


Farewell .163 

Our  setting-out 165 

"You  see  me,  Madam,  young,  sound,  and  impu- 
dent"         167 

"  Our  reckonings  .  .  .  fell  under  Ephraim "        .     171 
**  The  Spectator  in  town  " 175 


SIR    ROGER'S    FAMILY 


AVING  often  received  an  in- 
vitation from  my  friend  Sir 
^  Roger  de  Coverley  to  pass 
away  a  month  with  him  in  the  country,  I 
last  week  accompanied  him  thither,  and 
am  settled  with  him  for  some  time  at  his 
country-house,  where  I  intend  to  form 
several  of  my  ensuing  Speculations.  Sir 
Roger,  who  is  very  well  acquainted  with 
my  humor,  lets  me  rise  and  go  to  bed  when 
I  please,  dine  at  his  own  table  or  in  my 
chamber  as  I  think  fit,  sit  still  and  say 

2  (17) 


1^'r  <  l;l  c^k  'Bogeo  De'Coverley 

nothing  without  bidding  me  be  merry. 
When  the  gentlemen  of  the  country  come 
to  see  him,  he  only  shews  me  at  a  distance. 
As  I  have  been  walking  in  his  fields  I  have 
observed  them  stealing  a  sight  of  me  over 
an  hedge,  and  have  heard  the  Knight 
desiring  them  not  to  let  me  see  them,  for 
that  I  hated  to  be  stared  at. 

I  am  the  more  at  ease  in  Sir  Roger's 
family,  because  it  consists  of  sober  and 
staid  persons ;  for  as  the  Knight  is  the 
best  master  in  the  world,  he  seldom  changes 
his  servants ;  and  as  he  is  beloved  by  all 
about  him,  his  servants  never  care  for 
leaving  him ;  by  this  means  his  domes- 
ticks  are  all  in  years,  and  grown  old  with 
their  master.     You  would  take  his  valet 


Sir  Roger's  Family 


,19 


de  chambre  for  his  brother,  his  butler  is 
gray-headed,  his  groom  is  one  of  the 
gravest  men  that  I  have  ever  seen,  and  his 
coachman  has  the  looks  of  a  privy-coun- 


•'  I  have  observed  them  stealing  a  sight  of  me  over  an  hedge." 

sellor.  You  see  the  goodness  of  the  master 
even  in  the  old  house-dog,  and  in  a  gray 
pad  that  is  kept  in  the  stable  with  great 
care  and  tenderness  out  of  regard  to  his 


20  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

past  services,  tho'  he  has  been  useless  for 
several  years. 

I  could  not  but  observe  with  a  great 
deal  of  pleasure  the  joy  that  appealed  in 
the  countenance  of  these  ancient  domes- 
ticks  upon  my  friend's  arrival  at  his 
country-seat.  Some  of  them  could  not 
refrain  from  tears  at  the  sight  of  their  old 
master ;  every  one  of  them  press'd  forward 
to  do  something  for  him,  and  seemed  dis- 
couraged if  they  were  not  employed.  At 
the- same  time  the  good  old  Knight,  with 
the  mixture  of  the  father  and  the  master 
of  the  family,  tempered  the  enquiries  after 
his  own  affairs  with  several  kind  questions 
relating  to  themselves.  This  humanity 
and   good   nature   engages    everybody   to 


Sir  Roger's  Family 


21 


him,  so   that  when   he   is  pleasant  upon 
any   of  them,  all  his  family  are  in  good 


The  gray  pad. 

humor,  and  none  so  much  as  the  person 
whom  he  diverts  himself  with.  On  the 
contrary,  if  he  coughs,  or  betrays  any  in- 


22  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

firmity  of  old  age,  it  is  easy  for  a  stander- 
by  to  observe  a  secret  concern  in  the  looks 
of  all  his  servants. 

My  worthy  friend  has  put  me  under  the 
'  particular  care  of  his  butler,  who  is  a  very 
prudent  man,  and,  as  well  as  the  rest  of 
his  fellow-servants,  wonderfully  desirous 
of  pleasing  me,  because  they  have  often 
heard  their  master  talk  of  me  as  of  his 
particular  friend. 

My  chief  companion,  when  Sir  Roger 
is  diverting  himself  in  the  woods  or  the 
fields,  is  a  very  venerable  man  who  is 
ever  with  Sir  Roger,  and  has  lived  at  his 
house  in  the  nature  of  a  chaplain  above 
thirty  years.  This  gentleman  is  a  person 
of  good   sense   and   some  learning,  of  a 


Sir  Roger's  Family 


23 


very  regular  life  and  obliging  conversa- 
tion. He  heartily  loves  Sir  Roger,  and 
knows  that  he  is  very  much  in  the  old 
Knight's   esteem,  so  that  he  lives  in  the 


Sir  Roger  arrives  at  the  house. 

family  rather   as    a   relation    than  a  de- 
pendent. 

I    have    observed    in    several    of   my 
papers  that  my  friend  Sir  Roger,  amidst 


24  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

all  his  good  qualities,  is  something  of  an 
humorist ;  and  that  his  virtues,  as  well  as 
imperfections,  are  as  it  were  tinged  by  a 
certain  extravagance,  which  makes  them 
particularly  his,  and  distinguishes  them 
from  those  of  other  men.  This  cast  of 
mind,  as  it  is  generally  very  innocent  in 
itself,  renders  his  conversation  highly 
agreeable,  and  more  delightful  than  the 
same  degree  of  sense  and  virtue  would 
appear  in  their  common  and  ordinary 
colors.  As  I  was  walking  with  liim  last 
night,  he  asked  me  how  I  liked  the  good 
man  whom  I  have  just  now  mentioned? 
and  without  staying  for  my  answer  told 
,  me,  That  he  was  afraid  of  being  insulted 
with  Latin  and   Greek  at  his  own  table; 


Sir  Koger's  Family  25 

for  which  reason  he  desired  a  particular 
friend  of  his  at  the  University  to  find  him 
out  a  clergyman  rather  of  plain  sense  than 
much  learning,  of  a  good  aspect,  a  clear 
voice,  a  sociable  temper,  and,  if  possible, 


The'Village  Court  of  Assize. 

a  man  that  understood  a  little  of  back- 
gammon. My  friend,  says  Sir  Roger, 
found  me  out  this  gentleman,  who,  besides 
the  endowments  required  of  him,  is,  they 
tell  me,  a  good  scholar,  tho'  he  does  not 


26  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

show  it :  I  have  given  him  the  parsonage 
of  the  parish ;  and,  because  I  know  his 
value,  have  settled  upon  him  a  good  an- 
nuity for  life.  If  he  outlives  me,  he  shall 
find  that  he  was  higher  in  my  esteem  than 
perhaps  he  thinks  he  is.  He  has  now  been 
with  me  thirty  years;  and,  tho'  he  does 
not  know  I  have  taken  notice  of  it,  has 
never  in  all  that  time  asked  anything  of 
me  for  himself,  tho'  he  is  every  day  solicit- 
ing me  for  some  thing  in  behalf  of  one 
or  other  of  my  tenants,  his  parishioners* 
There  has  not  been  a  law-suit  in  the  parish 
since  he  has  liv'd  among  them.  If  any 
dispute  arises  they  apply  themselves  to 
him  for  the  decision ;  if  they  do  not  ac- 
quiesce  in  his  judgment,  which  I  think 


Sir  Eoger's  Family  27 

never  happened   above   once  or  twice  at 


Sir  Roger's  chaplain. 

most,  they  appeal  to  me.     At  his  first  set- 
tling with  me,  I  made  him  a  present  of  all 


28  Sir  Eoger  De  Coverley 

the  good  sermons  which  have  been  printed 
in  English,  and  only  begg'd  of  him  that 
every  Sunday  he  would  pronounce  one  of 
them  in  the  pulpit.  Accordingly,  he  has 
digested  them  into  such  a  series  that  they 
follow  one  another  naturally,  and  make  a 
continued  system  of  practical  divinity. 

As  Sir  Roger  was  going  on  in  his 
story,  the  gentleman  we  were  talking  of 
came  up  to  us ;  and  upon  the  Knight's 
asking  him  who  preached  to-morrow  (for 
it  was  Saturday  night)  told  us,  the  Bishop 
of  St.  Asaph  in  the  morning  and  Dr. 
South  in  the  afternoon.  He  then  showed 
us  his  list  of  preachers  for  the  whole  year, 
where  I  saw  with  a  great  deal  of  pleasure 
Archbishop  Tillotson,  Bishop  Saunderson,  . 


Sir  Roger's  Family  29 

Dr.  Barrow^  Dr.  Calamy^  with  several 
living  authors  who  have  published  dis- 
courses of  practical  divinity.  I  no  sooner 
saw  this  venerable  man  in  the  pulpit,  but 
I  very  much  approved  of  my  friend's  in- 
sisting upon  the  qualifications  of  a  good 
aspect  and  a  clear  voice ;  for  I  was  so 
charmed  with  the  gracefulness  of  his  figure 
and  delivery,  as  well  as  with  the  discourses 
he  pronounced,  that  I  think  I  never  passed 
any  time  more  to  my  satisfaction.  A  ser- 
mon repeated  after  this  manner  is  like  the 
composition  of  a  poet  in  the  mouth  of  a 
graceful  actor. 

I  could  heartily  wish  that  more  of  our 
country  clergy  would  follow  this  example; 
and,  instead  of   wasting    their    spirits  in 


30  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

laborious  compositions  of  their  own,  would 
endeavor  after  a  handsome  elocution,  and 
all  those  other  talents  that  are  proper  to 
enforce  what  has  been  penned  by  greater 
masters.  This  would  not  only  be  more 
easy  to  themselves,  but  more  edifying  to 
the  people. 


MR.  WILL  WIMBLE 


I  was  yester- 
day morning 
walking  with  Sir  Roger  before  his  house^ 
a  country-fellow  brought  him  a  huge  fish, 
which,  he  told  him,  Mr.  William  Wimble 
had  caught  that  very  morning ;  and  that 
he  presented  it,  with  his  service,  to  him, 
and  intended  to  come  and  dine  with  him. 
At  the  same  time  he  delivered  a  letter 
which  my  friend  read  to  me  as  soon  as  the 
messenger  left  him. 

3  (33) 


34  Sir  Roger  De  Cover! ey 

"/Sir  Roger: 

"I  desire  you  to  accept  of  a  jack,  which 
is  the  best  I  have  caught  this  season.  I 
intend  to  come  and  stay  with  you  a  week, 
and  see  how  the  perch  bite  in  the  Black 
River.  I  observed  with  some  concern,  the 
last  time  I  saw  you  upon  the  bowling- 
green,  that  your  whip  wanted  a  lash  to  it ; 
I  will  bring  half  a  dozen  with  me  that  I 
.  twisted  last  week,  which  I  hope  will  serve 
you  all  the  time  you  are  in  the  country. 
I  have  not  been  out  of  the  saddle  for  six 
days  last  past,  having  been  at  Eaton  with 
Sir  JohrCs  eldest  son.  He  takes  to  his 
learning  hugely. 
"  I  am, 

^^SIRj  your  humble  servant y 
"Will  Wimble.'^ 


Mr.  Will  Wimble 


35 


This  extraordinary  letter,  and  message 
that  accompanied  it,  made  me  very  curious 
to  know  the  character  and  quality  of  the 
gentleman  who  sent  them  ;  which  I  found 


Sir  Roger  on  the  bowling-green. 


to  be  as  follows :  Will  Wimble  is  younger 
brother  to  a  baronet,  and  descended  of  the 
ancient  family  of  the  Wimbles.  He  is  now 
between  forty  and  fifty ;  but  being  bred  to 


36  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

no  business  and  born  to  no  estate,  he  gen- 
erally lives  with  his  elder  brother  as  super- 
intendent of  his  game.  He  hunts  a  pack 
of  dogs  better  than  any  man  in  the  country, 
and  is  very  famous  for  finding  out  a  hare. 
He  is  extremely  well  versed  in  all  the 
little  handicrafts  of  an  idle  man  :  he  makes 
a  Mayfly  to  a  miracle ;  and  furnishes  the 
whole  country  with  angle-rods.  As  he  is 
a  good-natur'd  oflficious  fellow,  and  very 
much  esteem'd  on  account  of  his  family, 
he  is  a  welcome  guest  at  every  house,  and 
keeps  up  a  good  correspondence  among  all 
the  gentlemen  about  him.  He  carries  a 
tulip-root  in  his  pocket  from  one  to  another, 
or  exchanges  a  puppy  between  a  couple  of 
friends  that  live  perhaps  in   the  opposite 


Mr.  Will  Wimble  37 

sides  of  the  county.  Will  is  a  particular 
favorite  of  all  the  young  heirs,  whom  he 
frequently  obliges  with  a  net  that  he  has 
weaved,  or  a  setting-dog  that  he  has  made 
himself.     He  now  and  then  presents  a  pair 


Will  Wimble  in  the  hunting-field. 


of  garters  of  his  own  knitting  to  their 
mothers  or  sisters ;  and  raises  a  great  deal 
of  mirth  among  them,  by  inquiring  as 
often  as  he  meets  them  how  they  wear  ! 
These   gentlemen-like    manufactures   and 


38  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

obliging  little  humors  make  Will  the  dar- 
ling of  the  country. 

Sir  Roger  was  proceeding  in  the  char- 
acter of  him,  when  we  saw  him  make  up 
to  us  with  two  or  three  hazel-twigs  in  his 
hand  that  he  had  cut  in  Sir  Roger's  woods, 
as  he  came  through  them,  in  his  way  to  the 
house.  I  was  very  much  pleased  to  ob- 
serve, on  one  side,  the  hearty  and  sincere 
welcome  with  which  Sir  Roger  received 
him,  and,  on  the  other,  the  secret  joy  which 
his  guest  discover'd  at  sight  of  the  good  old 
Knight.  After  the  first  salutes  were  over, 
Will  desired  Sir  Roger  to  lend  him  one 
of  his  servants  to  carry  a  set  of  shuttle- 
cocks he  had  with  him  in  a  little  box  to  a 
lady  that  lived  about  a  mile  off,  to  whom 


Will  Wimble  with  the  puppies. 


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Mr.  Will  Wimble 


41 


it  seems  he  had  promised  such  a  present  for 
above  this  half-year.  Sir  Roger's  back 
was  no  sooner  turned  but  honest  Will  be- 


The  story  of  the  garters. 

gan  to  tell  me  of  a  large  cock-pheasant  that 
he  had  sprung  in  one  of  the  neighboring 
woods,  with  two  or  three  other  adventures 
of  the  same  nature.     Odd  and  uncommon 


42  Sir  Koger  De  Coverley 

characters  are  the  game  I  looked  for,  and 
most  delight  in ;  for  which  reason  I  was  as 
much  pleased  with  the  novelty  of  the  per- 
son that  talked  to  me,  as  he  could  be  for 
his  life  with  the  springing  of  a  pheasant, 
and  therefore  listened  to  him  with  more 
than  ordinary  attention. 

In  the  midst  of  his  discourse  the  bell 
rung  to  dinner,  where  the  gentleman  I 
have  been  speaking  of  had  the  pleasure 
of  seeing  the  huge  jack,  he  had  caught, 
served  up  for  the  first  dish  in  a  most 
sumptuous  manner.  Upon  our  sitting 
down  to  it  he  gave  us  a  long  account  how 
he  had  hooked  it,  played  with  it,  foiled  it, 
and  at  length  drew  it  out  upon  the  bank, 
with  several  other  particulars  that  lasted 


How  the  jack  was  caught. 


(43) 


Mr.  Will  Wimble  45 

all  the  first  course.  A  dish  of  wild  fowl 
that  came  afterwards  furnished  conversa- 
tion for  the  rest  of  the  dinner,  which  con- 
cluded with  a  late  invention  of  WilPs  for 
improving  the  quail-pipe. 

Upon  withdrawing  into  my  room  after 
dinner,  I  was  secretly  touched  with  com- 
passion towards  the  honest  gentleman  that 
had  dined  with  us ;  and  could  not  but  con- 
sider, with  a  great  deal  of  concern,  how  so 
good  an  heart  and  such  busy  hands  were 
wholly  employed  in  trifles ;  that  so  much 
humanity  should  be  so  little  beneficial  to 
others,  and  so  much  industry  so  little  ad- 
vantageous to  himself.  The  same  temper 
of  mind  and  application  to  afiairs  might 
have  recommended  him  to  the  publick  es- 


46  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

teem,  and  have  raised  his  fortune  in  an- 
other station  of  life.  What  good  to  his 
country  or  himself  might  not  a  trader  or 
merchant  have  done  with  such  useful  tho' 
ordinary  qualifications. 

Will  Wimble^s  is  the  case  of  many  a 
younger  brother  of  a  great  family,  who  had 
rather  see  their  children  starve  like  gentle- 
men than  thrive  in  a  trade  or  profession 
that  is  beneath  their  quality.  This  humor 
fills  several  parts  of  Europe  with  pride  and 
beggary.  It  is  the  happiness  of  a  trading 
nation,  like  ours,  that  the  younger  sons, 
tho'  uncapable  of  any  liberal  art  or  profes- 
sion, may  be  placed  in  such  a  way  of  life 
as  may  perhaps  enable  them  to  vie  with 
the  best  of  their  family.     Accordingly,  we 


Mr.  Will  Wimble  47 

find  several  citizens  that  were  launched 
into  the  world  with  narrow  fortunes,  rising 
by  an  honest  industry  to  greater  estates 
than  those  of  their  elder  brothers.  It  is 
not  improbable  but  Will  was  formerly  tried 
at  divinity,  law,  or  physick  ;  and  that  find- 
ing his  genius  did  not  lie  that  way,  his 
parents  gave  him  up  at  length  to  his  own 
inventions.  But  certainly,  however  im- 
proper he  might  have  been  for  studies  of 
a  higher  nature,  he  was  perfectly  well 
turned  for  the  occupations  of  trade  and 
commerce.  As  I  think  this  is  a  point 
which  cannot  be  too  much  inculcated,  I 
shall  desire  my  reader  to  compare  what  I 
have  here  written  with  what  I  have  said 
in  my  twenty-first  speculation. 


THE  PICTUKE  GALLEKY 


WAS  this  morning 
walking  in  the  gal- 
lery when  Sir  Roger  entered  at  the 
end  opposite  to  me,  and  advancing  towards 

(51) 


52  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

me,  said  he  was  glad  to  meet  me  among 
his  relations  the  de  Coverleys,  and  hoped 
I  liked  the  conversation  of  so  much  good 
company,  who  were  as  silent  as  myself.  I 
knew  he  alluded  to  the  pictures,  and  as  he 
is  a  gentleman  who  does  not  a  little  value 
himself  upon  his  ancient  descent,  I  expected 
he  would  give  me  some  account  of  them. 
We  were  now  arrived  at  the  upper  end  of 
the  gallery,  when  the  Knight  faced  towards 
one  of  the  pictures,  and  as  we  stood  before 
it  he  entered  into  the  matter,  after  his 
blunt  way  of  saying  things,  as  they  occur 
to  his  imagination,  without  regular  intro- 
duction, or  care  to  preserve  the  appearance 
of  chain  of  thought. 

"  It  is/'  said  he,  "  worth  while  to  con- 


The  force  of  dress. 


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sider  the  force  of  dress ;  and  how  the 
persons  of  one  age  differ  from  those  of 
another,  merely  by  that  only.  One  may 
observe,  also,  that  the  general  fashion  of 
one  age  has  been  followed  by  one  par- 
ticular set  of  people  in  another,  and  by 
them  preserved  from  one  generation  to 
another.  Thus  the  vast  jetting  coat  and 
small  bonnet,  which  was  the  habit  in 
Harry  the  seventh's  time,  is  kept  on  in 
the  yeomen  of  the  guard ;  not  without  a 
good  and  politick  view,  because  they  look 
a  foot  taller,  and  a  foot  and  an  half 
broader.  Besides  that  the  cap  leaves  the 
face  expanded,  and  consequently  more 
terrible,  and  fitter  to  stand  at  the  entrances 
of  palaces. 


56  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

"This  predecessor  of  ours,  you  see,  is 
dressed  after  this  manner,  and  his  cheeks 
would  be  no  larger  than  mine,  were  he  in 
a  hat  as  I  am.  He  was  the  last  man  that 
won  a  prize  in  the  tilt-yard  (which  is  now 
a  common  street  before  Whitehall) .  You 
see  the  broken  lance  that  lies  there  by  his 
right  foot ;  he  shiver'd  that  lance  of  his 
adversary  all  to  pieces ;  and  bearing  him- 
self, look  you.  Sir,  in  this  manner,  at  the 
same  time  he  came  within  the  target  of 
the  gentleman  who  rode  against  him,  and 
taking  him  with  incredible  force  before 
him  on  the  pommel  of  his  saddle,  he  in 
that  manner  rid  the  turnament  over,  with 
an  air  that  shewed  he  did  it  rather  to 
perform  the  rule  of  the  lists,  then  expose 


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57 


his  enemy  ;  however,  it  appeared  he  knew 
how  to  make  use  of  a  victory,  and  with  a 


Sir  Roger's  ancestor  at  the  tumament. 

gentle  trot  he  marched  up  to  a  gallery  where 
their  mistress  sat  (for  they  were  rivals) 
and  let  him  down  with  laudable  courtesy 


58  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

and  pardonable  insolence.  I  don't  know 
but  it  might  be  exactly  where  the  coflfee- 
house  is  now. 

"  You  are  to  know  this  my  ancestor  was 
not  only  of  a  military  genius,  but  fit  also 
for  the  arts  of  peace,  for  he  played  on  the 
bass-viol  as  well  as  any  gentleman  at 
court;  you  see  where  his  viol  hangs  by 
his  basket-hilt  sword.  The  action  at  the 
tilt-yard  you  may  be  sure  won  the  fair 
lady,  w^ho  was  a  maid  of  honor,  and  the 
greatest  beauty  of  her  time;  here  she 
stands  the  next  picture.  You  see,  Sir, 
my  great-great-great-grandmother  has  on 
the  new-fashion'd  petticoat,  except  that  the 
modern  is  gathered  at  the  waist ;  my  grand- 
mother appears  as  if  she  stood  in  a  large 


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drum,  whereas  the  ladies  now  walk  as  if 
they  were  in  a  go-cart.  For  all  this  lady 
was  bred  at  court,  she  became  an  excellent 
country- wife,  she  brought  ten  children,  and 
when  I  shew  you  the  library,  you  shall  see 
in  her  own  hand  (allowing  for  the  differ- 
ence of  the  language)  the  best  receipt  now 
in  England  both  for  an  hasty-pudding  and 
a  white-pot. 

"  If  you  please  to  fall  back  a  little, 
because  'tis  necessary  to  look  at  the  three 
next  pictures  at  one  view ;  these  are  three 
sisters.  She  on  the  right  hand,  who  is  so 
very  beautiful,  died  a  maid ;  the  next  to 
her,  still  handsomer,  had  the  same  fate, 
against  her  will ;  this  homely  thing  in  the 
middle  had  both  their  portions  added  to 


60  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

her  own,  and  was  stolen  by  a  neighboring 
gentleman,  a  man  of  stratagem  and  resolu- 
tion, for  he  poisoned  three  mastiffs  to  come 
at  her,  and  knocked  down  two  deer-stealers 
in  carrying  her  off.  Misfortunes  happen 
in  all  families.  The  theft  of  this  romp 
and  so  much  money  was  no  great  matter 
to  our  estate.  But  the  next  heir  that  pos- 
sessed it  was  this  soft  gentleman,  whom  you 
see  there.  Observe  the  small  buttons,  the 
little  boots,  the  laces,  the  slashes  about  his 
clothes,  and  above  all  the  posture  he  is 
drawn  in  (which  to  be  sure  was  his  own 
choosing)  ;  you  see  he  sits  with  one  hand 
on  a  desk  writing  and  looking  as  it  were 
another  way,  like  an  easy  writer,  or  a  son- 
neteer.    He  was  one  of  those  that  had  too 


Knocked  down  two  deer-stealers  in  carrying  her  off. 

(61) 


1       I    •       •    »    •         •  •     •     •• 

•  •    •     •  ' 


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much  wit  to  know  how  to  live  in  the  world; 
he  was  a  man  of  no  justice,  but  great  good 
manners ;  he  ruined  everybody  that  had 
anything  to  do  with  him,  but  never  said  a 
rude  thing  in  his  life ;  the  most  indolent 
person  in  the  world,  he  would  sign  a  deed 
that  passed  away  half  his  estate  with  his 
gloves  on,  but  would  not  put  on  his  hat 
before  a  lady  if  it  were  to  save  his  country. 
He  is  said  to  be  the  first  that  made  love  by 
squeezing  the  hand.  He  left  the  estate 
with  ten  thousand  pounds  debt  upon  it; 
but,  however,  by  all  hands  I  have  been  in- 
formed that  he  was  every  way  the  finest 
gentleman  in  the  world.  That  debt  lay 
heavy  on  our  house  for  one  generation,  but 
it  was  retrieved  by  a  gift  from  that  honest 


64  Sir  Eoger  De  Coverley 

man  you  see  there,  a  citizen  of  our  name, 
but  nothing  at  all  akin  to  us.  I  know  Sir 
Andrew  Freeport  had  said  behind  my 
back,  that  this  man  was  descended  from 
one  of  the  ten  children  of  the  maid  of 
honor  I  shewed  you  above ;  but  it  was 
never  made  out.  We  winked  at  the  thing 
indeed,  because  money  was  wanting  at  that 
time.'' 

Here  I  saw  my  friend  a  little  embar- 
rassed, and  turned  my  face  to  the  next 
portraiture. 

Sir  Roger  went  on  with  his  account 
of  the  gallery  in  the  following  manner: 
"  This  man  (pointing  to  him  I  looked  at) 
I  take  to  be  the  honor  of  our  house.  Sir 
Humphrey  de  Coverley  ;  he  was  in  his 


Sir  Roger's  ancestor  invents  a  new  mode  of  making  love. 
5  (65) 


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dealings  as  punctual  as  a  tradesman  and  as 
generous  as  a  gentleman.  He  would  have 
thought  himself  as  much  undone  by  break- 
ing his  word  as  if  it  were  to  be  followed 
by  bankruptcy.  He  served  his  country  as 
knight  of  this  shire  to  his  dying  day.  He 
found  it  no  easy  matter  to  maintain  an  in- 
tegrity in  his  words  and  actions,  even  in 
things  that  regarded  the  oflfices  which  were 
incumbent  upon  him,  in  the  care  of  his 
own  affairs  and  relations  of  life,  and  there- 
fore dreaded  (though  he  had  great  talents) 
to  go  into  employments  of  state,  where  he 
must  be  exposed  to  the  snares  of  ambition. 
Innocence  of  life  and  great  ability  were  the 
distinguishing  parts  of  his  character  ;  the 
latter,  he  had  often  observed,  had  led  to 


68  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

the  destruction  of  the  former,  and  used  fre- 
quently to  lament  that  great  and  good  had 
not  the  same  signification.  He  was  an 
excellent  husbandman,  but  had  resolved 
not  to  exceed  such  a  degree  of  wealth  ;  all 
above  it  he  bestowed  in  secret  bounties 
many  years  after  the  sum  he  aimed  at  for 
his  own  use  was  attained.  Yet  he  did  not 
slacken  his  industry,  but  to  a  decent  old 
age  spent  the  life  and  fortune  which  was 
superfluous  to  himself  in  the  service  of  his 
friends  and  neighbors." 

Here  we  were  called  to  dinner,  and  Sir 
Roger  ended  the  discourse  of  this  gentle- 
man by  telling  me,  as  we  followed  the 
servant,  that  this  his  ancestor  was  a  brave 
man,  and  narrowly  escaped  being  killed  in 


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the  civil  wars.  "  For,"  said  he,  "  he  was 
sent  out  of  the  field  upon  a  private  mes- 
sage the  day  before  the  battle  of  Worceste7\'^ 


"  The  day  before  the  battle  of  Worcester. 


The  whim  of  narrowly  escaping  by  having 
been  within  a  day  of  danger,  with  other 
matters  above  mentioned,  mixed  with  good 


70  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

sense,  left  me  at  a  loss  whether  I  was 
more  delighted  with  my  friend's  wisdom 
or  simplicity. 


A  COUNTRY  SUNDAY 


AM  always  very  well  pleased 
with  a  country  Sunday,  and 
think,  if  keeping  holy  the 
seventh  day  were  only  a  human  institu- 
tion, it  would  be  the  best  method  that 
could  have  been  thought  of  for  the  polish- 
ing and  civilizing  of  mankind.  It  is 
certain  the  country  people  would  soon  de- 
generate into  a  kind  of  savages  and  bar- 
barians were  there  not  such  frequent  re- 
turns of  a  stated  time,  in  which  the  whole 

(73) 


74  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

village  meet  together  with  their  best  faces, 
and  in  their  cleanliest  habits,  to  converse 
with  one  another  upon  indifferent  subjects, 
hear  their  duties  explained  to  them,  and 
join  together  in  adoration  of  the  Supreme 
Being.  Sunday  clears  away  the  rust  of 
the  whole  week,  not  only  as  it  refreshes  in 
their  minds  the  notions  of  religion,  but  as 
it  puts  both  the  sexes  upon  appearing  in 
their  most  agreeable  forms,  and  exerting 
all  such  qualities  as  are  apt  to  give  them 
a  figure  in  the  eye  of  the  village.  A 
country  -  fellow  distinguishes  himself  as 
much  in  the  Church-yard  as  a  citizen  does 
,upon  the  Change,  the  whole  parish-poli- 
ticks being  generally  discussed  in  that  place 
either  after  sermon  or  before  the  bell  rings. 


A  Country  Sunday 


75 


My  friend  Sir  Roger,  being  a  good 
churchman,  has  beautified  the  inside  of 
his  church  with  several  texts  of  his  own 
choosing.     He  has  likewise  given  a  hand- 


The  weekly  instruction  in  the  tunes  of  the  Psalms. 

some  pulpit-cloth,  and  railed  in  the  com- 
munion-table at  bis  own  expense.  He  has 
often  told  me  that  at  his  coming  to  his 
estate  he  found  his  parishioners  very 
irregular;  and  that  in  order  to  make  them 


76  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

kneel  and  join  in  their  responses  "he  gave 
every  one  of  them  a  hassock  and  a  com- 
mon prayer-book  :  and  at  the  same  time 
employed  an  itinerant  singing-master,  who 
goes  about  the  country  for  that  purpose, 
to  instruct  them  rightly  in  the  tunes  of 
the  psalms ;  upon  which  they  now  very 
much  value  themselves,  and  indeed  outdo 
most  of  the  country  churches  that  I  have 
ever  heard. 

As  Sir  Roger  is  landlord  to  the  whole 
congregation,  he  keeps  them  in  very  good 
order,  and  will  suffer  nobody  to  sleep  in 
it  besides  himself;  for  if  by  chance  he  has 
been  surprised  into  a  short  nap  at  sermon, 
upon  recovering  out  of  it  he  stands  up  and 
looks  about  him,  and  if  he  sees  anybody 


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77 


else  nodding,  either  wakes  them  himself  or 
sends  his  servants  to  them.  Several  other 
of  the  old  Knight's  particularities  break 
out  upon  these  occasions.     Sometimes  he 


Sir  Roger  stauds  up  to  count  the  congregation. 

will  be  lengthening  out  a.  verse  in  the  sing- 
ing-psalms half  a  minute  after  the  rest  of 
the  congregation  have  done  with  it ;  some- 
times, when  he  is  pleased  with  the  matter 


78  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

of  his  devotion,  he  pronounces  Amen  three 
or  four  times  to  the  same  prayer ;  and 
sometimes  stands  up  when  everybody  else 
is  upon  their  knees,  to  count  the  con- 
gregation, or  see  if  any  of  his  tenants  are 
missing. 

I  was  yesterday  very  much  surprised  to 
hear  my  old  friend,  in  the  midst  of  the 
service,  calling  out  to  one  John  JIatthews 
to  mind  what  he  was  about,  and  not  disturb 
the  congregation.  This  John  Matthews  it 
seems  is  remarkable  for  beins:  an  idle  fel- 
low,  and  at  that  time  was  kicking  his  heels 
for  his  diversion.  This  authority  of  the 
Knight,  though  exerted  in  that  odd  man- 
ner which  accompanies  him  in  all  circum- 
stances of  life,  has  a  very  good  effect  upon 


A  Country  Sunday  79 

the  parish,  who  are  not  polite  enough  to 
see  anything  ridiculous  in  his  behavior ; 
besides  that  the  general  good  sense  and 
worthiness    of    his    character   makes    his 


John  Matthews. 

friends  observe  these  little  singularities  as 
foils  that  rather  set  off  than  blemish  his 
good  qualities. 

As  soon  as  the  sermon  is  finished,  no- 
body presumes  to  stir  till  Sir  Roger  is 
gone   out  of  the    church.      The   Knight 


80  Sir  Eoger  De  Coverley 

walks  clown  from  his  seat  in  the  chancel 
between  a  double  row  of  his  tenants,  that 
stand  bowing  to  him  on  each  side ;  and 
every  now  and  then  enquires  how  such  an 
one's  wife,  or  mother,  or  son,  or  father  do, 
whom  he  does  not  see  at  church ;  which  is 
understood  as  a  secret  reprimand  to  the 
person  that  is  absent. 

The  chaplain  has  often  told  me  that 
upon  a  catechising  day,  when  Sir  Roger 
has  been  pleased  with  a  boy  that  answers 
well,  he  has  ordered  a  Bible  to  be  given 
him  next  day  for  his  encouragement ;  and 
sometimes  accompanies  it  with  a  flitch  of 
bacon  to  his  mother.  Sir  Roger  has  like- 
wise added  five  pounds  a  year  to  the  clerk's 
place;   and   that   he   may  encourage   the 


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83 


young  fellows  to  make  themselves  perfect 
in  the  church  service,  has  promised  upon 
the  death  of  the  present  incumbent,  who  is 
very  old,  to  bestow  it  according  to  merit. 


Catechising  day. 

The  fair  understanding  between  Sir 
Roger  and  his  chaplain,  and  their  mutual 
concurrence  in  doing  good,  is  the  more  re- 
markable, because  the  very  next  village  is 


84  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

famous  for  the  diffel-ences  and  contentions 
that  rise  between  the  parson  and  the  'squire, 
who  live  in  a  perpetual  state  of  war.  The 
parson  is  always  preaching  at  the  'squire, 
and  the  'squire  to  be  revenged  on  the  par- 
son never  comes  to  church.  The  'squire 
has  made  all  his  tenants  atheists  and  tithe- 
stealers ;  while  the  parson  instructs  them 
every  Sunday  in  the  dignity  of  his  order, 
and  insinuates  to  them  in  almost  every 
sermon  that  he  is  a  better  man  than  his 
patron. 

In  short,  matters  are  come  to  such  an 
extremity  that  the  'squire  has  not  said 
his  prayers  either  in  publick  or  private 
this  half-year ;  and  that  the  parson  threatens 
him,  if  he  does  not  mend  his  manners,  to 


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85 


pray  for  him  in  the  face  of  the  whole  con- 
gregation. 

Feuds  of  this  nature,  though  too  frequent 
in  the  country,  are  very  fatal  to  the  ordi- 


naiy  people : 
are  so  used 
dazzled 
riches  that 
pay  as  much  def- 
erence to  the  un- 
derstanding of  a  man  of  an  estate  as  of 
a  man  of  learning ;  and  are  very  hardly 
brought  to  regard  any  truth,  how  import- 
ant soever  it  may  be,  that  is  preached  to 


The  'squire  of  the  next  parish. 


86  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

them,  when  they  know  there  are  several 
men  of  five  hundred  a  year  who  do  not 
believe  it. 


THE  WIDOW 


In  my  first  description  of  the  company 
in  which  I  pass  most  of  my  time,  it  may 
be  remembered  that  I  mentioned  a  great 
affliction  which  my  friend  Sir  Roger  had 
met  with  in  his  youth ;  which  was  no  less 
than  a  disappointment  in  love.  It  hap- 
pened this  evening  that  we  fell  into  a  very 

(89) 


90  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

pleasing  walk  at  a  distance  from  his  house. 
As  soon  as  we  came  into  it,  "  It  is,"  quoth 
the  good  old  man,  looking  round  him  with 
a  smile,  ''  very  hard  that  any  part  of  my 
land  should  be  settled  upon  one  who  has 
used  me  so  ill  as  the  perverse  widow  did ; 
and  yet  I  am  sure  I  could  not  see  a  sprig 
of  any  bough  of  this  whole  walk  of  trees, 
but  I  should  reflect  upon  her  and  her 
severity.  She  has  certainly  the  finest 
hand  of  any  woman  in  the  world.  You 
are  to  know  this  was  the  place  wherein  I 
used  to  muse  upon  her ;  and  by  that  cus- 
tom I  can  never  come  into  it,  but  the  same 
tender  sentiments  revive  in  my  mind  as  if 
I  had  actually  walked  with  that  beautiful 
creature  under  these  shades.     I  have  been 


The  grove  sacred  to  the  widow. 


(91) 


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The  Widow  93 

fool  enough  to  carve  her  name  on  the  bark 
of  several  of  these  trees ;  so  unhappy  is  the 
condition  of  men  in  love,  to  attempt  the 
removing  of  their  passions  by  the  methods 
which  serve  only  to  imprint  it  deeper. 
She  has  certainly  the  finest  hand  of  any 
woman  in  the  world." 

Here  followed  a  profound  silence ;  and 
I  was  not  displeased  to  observe  my  friend 
falling  so  naturally  into  a  discourse  which 
I  had  ever  before  taken  notice  he  indus- 
triously avoided.  After  a  very  long  pause 
he  entered  upon  an  account  of  this  great 
circumstance  in  his  life,  with  an  air  which 
1  thought  raised  my  idea  of  him  above 
what  I  had  ever  had  before ;  and  gave  me 
the  picture  of  that  cheerful  mind  of  his, 


94  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

before  it  received  that  stroke  which  has 
ever  since  affected  his  words  and  actions. 
But  he  went  on  as  follows : 

"I  came  to  my  estate  in  my  twenty- 
second  year,  and  resolved  to  follow  the 
steps  of  the  most  worthy  of  my  ancestors 
who  have  inhabited  this  spot  of  earth  be- 
fore me,  in  all  the  methods  of  hospitality 
and  good  neighborhood,  for  the  sake  of 
my  fame ;  and  in  country  sports  and  recrea- 
tions, for  the  sake  of  my  health.  In  my 
twenty-third  year  I  was  obliged  to  serve  as 
sheriff  of  the  county  ;  and  in  my  servants, 
officers,  and  whole  equij)age,  indulged  the 
pleasure  of  a  young  man  (who  did  not 
think  ill  of  his  own  person)  in  taking  that 
publick  occasion  of  shewing  my  figure  and 


The  Widow 


behavior      to 
advaiita2;e. 


You  may  easily 
imagine  to  your- 
self what  appear- 
ance I  made,  who 
am  pretty  tall,  rid 
well,  and  was  very 
well  dressed,  at  the 
head  of  a  whole  county,  with  musick  be- 
fore me,  a  feather  in  my  hat,  and  my  horse 


2 


96  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

well  bitted.  I  can  assure  you  I  was  not  a  lit- 
tle pleased  with  the  kind  looks  and  glances  I 
had  from  all  the  balconies  and  windows  as 
I  rode  to  the  hall  where  the  assizes  were 
held.  But  when  I  came  there  a  beautiful 
creature  in  a  widow's  habit  sat  in  court,  to 
hear  the  event  of  a  cause  concerning  her 
dower.  This  commanding  creature  (who 
was  born  for  the  destruction  of  all  who  be- 
hold her)  put  on  such  a  resignation  in  her 
countenance,  and  bore  the  whispers  of  all 
around  the  court  with  such  a  pretty  un- 
easiness, I  warrant  you,  and  then  recovered 
herself  from  one  eye  to  another,  till  she  was 
perfectly  confused  by  meeting  something 
so  wistful  in  all  she  encountered,  that  at 
last,  with  a  murrain  to  her,  she  cast  her 


?h<^  Widow 


97 


bewitching    eye   upon  me.      I  no  sooner 

met  it,  but  I  bowed  like  a  great  surprised 

f  booby ;  and  knowing  her  cause  to  be  the 

first  which  came  on,  I  cried,  like  a  capti- 


••  She  cast  her  betwitching  eye  upon  me.*' 

vated  calf  as  I  was,  ^  Make  way  for  the 
defendant's  witnesses.'  This  sudden  par- 
tiality made  all  the  county  see  the  sheriff 
also  was  become  a  slave  to  the  fine  widow. 


98  Sir  Boger  iJe  Coverley 

During  the  time  her  cause  was  upon  trial 
she  behaved  herself,  I  warrant  you,  with 
such  a  deep  attention  to  her  business,  took 
opportunities  to  have  little  billets  handed 
to  her  counsel,  then  would  be  in  such  a 
pretty  confusion,  occasioned,  you  must 
know,  by  acting  before  so  much  company, 
that  not  only  I  but  the  whole  court  was 
prejudiced  in  her  favor ;  and  all  that  the 
next  heir  to  her  husband  had  to  urge  was 
thought  so  groundless  and  frivolous  that, 
when  it  came  to  her  counsel  to  reply,  there 
was  not  half  so  much  said  as  every  one  be- 
sides in  the  court  thought  he  could  have 
urged  to  her  advantage.  You  must  under- 
stand. Sir,  this  perverse  woman  is  one  of 
those  unaccountable  creatures  that  secretly 


The  Widow  99 

rejoice  in  the  admiration  of  men,  but  in- 
dulge themselves  in  no  further  conse- 
quences. Hence  it  is  that  she  has  ever 
had  a  train  of  admirers,  and  she  removes 
from  her  slaves  in  town  to  those  in  the 
country,  according  to  the  seasons  of  the 
year.  She  is  a  reading  lady,  and  far  gone 
in  the  pleasures  of  friendship.  She  is  al- 
ways accompanied  by  a  confidant,  who  is 
witness  to  her  daily  protestations  against 
our  sex,  and  consequently  a  bar  to  her 
first  steps  towards  love,  upon  the  strength 
of  her  own  maxims  and  declarations. 

"However,  I  must  needs  say  this  accom- 
plished mistress  of  mine  has  distinguished 
me  above  the  rest,  and  has  been  known  to 
declare  Sir  Roger  de  Coverley  was  the 


100  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

tamest  and  most  humane  of  all  the  brutes 
in  the  country.  I  was  told  she  said  so  by 
one  who  thought  he  rallied  me ;  but  upon 
the  strength  of  this  slender  encouragement 
of  being  thought  least  detestable,  I  made 
new  liveries,  new-pair'd  my  coach  horses, 
sent  them  all  to  town  to  be  bitted  and 
taught  to  throw  their  legs  well,  and  move 
all  together,  before  I  pretended  to  cross 
the  country,  and  wait  upon  her.  As  soon 
as  I  thought  my  retinue  suitable  to  the 
character  of  my  fortune  and  youth,  I  set 
out  from  hence  to  make  my  addresses. 
The  particular  skill  of  this  lady  has  ever 
been,  to  inflame  your  wishes,  and  yet  com- 
mand respect.  To  make  her  mistress  of 
this  art,  she  has  a  greater  share  of  knowl- 


•     •  •  •**  2     ./  •     •  i" 


The  Widew. .-. -19^; :  .-, 


edge,  wit,  and  good  sense,  than  is  usual 
even  among  men  of  merit.  Then  she  is 
beautiful  beyond  the  race  of  women.     If 


"With  such  an  awe  as  made  me  speechless." 

you  won't  let  her  go  on  with  a  certain  arti- 
fice with  her  eyes,  and  the  skill  of  beauty, 
she  will  arm  herself  with  her  real  charms, 
and  strike  you  with  admiration  instead  of 


102  Sir  Rog6r  De  Coverley 

desire.  It  is  certain  that  if  you  were  to 
behold  the  whole  woman,  there  is  that  dig- 
nity in  her  aspect,  that  composure  in  her 
motion,  that  complacency  in  her  manner, 
that  if  her  form  makes  you  hope,  her  merit 
makes  you  fear.  But  then,  again,  she  is 
such  a  desperate  scholar,  that  no  country- 
gentleman  can  approach  her  without  being 
a  jest.  As  I  was  going  to  tell  you,  when 
I  came  to  her  house  I  was  admitted  to  her 
presence  with  great  civility ;  at  the  same 
time  she  placed  herself  to  be  first  seen  by 
me  in  such  an  attitude,  as  I  think  you  call 
the  posture  of  a  picture,  that  she  discovered 
new  charms,  and  I  at  last  came  towards  her 
with  such  an  awe  as  made  me  speechless. 
This  she  no  sooner  observed  but  she  made 


The  Widow 


103 


her  advantage  of  it,  and  began  a  discourse 
to  me  concerning  love  and  honor,  as  they 
both  are  followed  by  pretenders  and  the 


"Eas  directed  a  discourse  to  me  which  I  do  not  understand." 

real  votaries  to  them.  When  she  discussed 
these  points  in  a  discourse,  which  I  verily 
believe  was  as  learned  as  the  best  philoso- 
pher in  Europe  could  possibly  make,  she 


104         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

asked  me  whether  she  was  so  happy  as  to 
fall  in  with  my  sentiments  on  these  im- 
portant particulars.  Her  confidant  sat  by 
her,  and  upon  my  being  in  the  last  con- 
fusion and  silence,  this  malicious  aid  of 
hers,  turning  to  her,  says,  '  I  am  very  glad 
to  observe  Sir  Roger  pauses  upon  this  sub- 
ject, and  seems  resolved  to  deliver  all  his 
sentiments  upon  the  matter  when  he  pleases 
to  speak.'  They  both  kept  their  counte- 
nances, and  after  I  had  sat  half  an  hour 
meditating  how  to  behave  before  such  pro- 
found casuists,  I  rose  up  and  took  my  leave. 
Chance  has  since  that  time  thrown  me 
very  often  in  her  way,  and  she  as  often  has 
directed  a  discourse  to  me  which  I  do  not 
understand.     This  barbarity  has  kept  me 


The  Widow  105 

ever  at  a  distance  from  the  most  beautiful 
object  my  eyes  ever  beheld.  It  is  thus 
also  she  deals  with  all  mankind,  and  you 
must  make  love  to  her,  as  you  would  con- 
quer the  sphinx,  by  posing  her.  But  were 
she  like  other  women,  and  that  there  were 
any  talking  to  her,  how  constant  must  the 
pleasure  of  that  man  be,  who  could  con- 
verse with  the  creature.  But,  after  all, 
you  may  be  sure  her  heart  is  fixed  on  some 
one  or  other ;  and  yet  I  have  been  credibly 
inform'd  ;  but  who  can  believe  half  that  is 
said  ?  After  she  had  done  speaking  to  me, 
she  put  her  hand  to  her  bosom  and  ad- 
justed her  tucker.  Then  she  cast  her  eyes 
a  little  down,  upon  my  beholding  her  too 
earnestly.    They  say  she  sings  excellently; 


106  Sir  Eoger  De  Coverley 

her  voice  in  her  ordinary  speech  has  some- 
thing in  it  inexpressibly  sweet.  You  must 
know  I  dined  with  her  at  a  publick  table 
the  day  after  I  first  saw  her,  and  she 
helped  me  to  some  tansy  in  the  eye  of  all 
the  gentlemen  in  the  country.  She  has 
certainly  the  finest  hand  of  any  woman  in 
the  world.  I  can  assure  you,  Sir,  were  you 
to  behold  her,  you  would  be  in  the  same 
condition ;  for  as  her  speech  is  musick,  her 
form  is  angelick.  But  I  find  I  grow 
irregular  while  I  am  talking  of  her ;  but 
indeed  it  would  be  stupidity  to  be  uncon- 
cerned at  such  perfection.  Oh,  the  excel- 
lent creature!  she  is  as  inimitable  to  all 
women  as  she  is  inaccessible  to  all  men." 
I  found  my  friend  begin  to  rave,  and  in- 


•I  am,  my  lovely  Nsevia,  ever  thine." 


(107) 


•  •••»•      •     *  * 


The  Widow  109 

sensibly  led  him  towards  the  house,  that 
we  might  be  joined  by  some  other  com- 
pany ;  and  am  convinced  that  the  widow 
is  the  secret  cause  of  all  that  inconsistency 
which  appears  in  some  parts  of  my  friend's 
discourse ;  tho'  he  has  so  much  command 
of  himself  as  not  directly  to  mention  her, 
yet  according  to  that  of  Martial^  which  one 
knows  not  how  to  render  into  English, 
Dum  tacet  hanc  loquitur.  I  shall  end 
this  paper  with  that  whole  epigram,  which 
represents  with  much  humor  my  honest 
friend's  condition  : 


110  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

Quicquid  agit  Riifus,  nihil  est,  nisi  N^cema  Eufo, 

Si  gaudet,  si  flet,  si  tacety  hanc  loquitur  : 
CcBuat,  propinat,  poscet,  negat,  annuit,  una  est 
Ncema  ;  si  non  sit  Ncevia,  mutus  erit. 
Scriheret  hesternd  patri  cum  luce  salutem, 
NcBvia  lux,  iiiquit,  Ncema  numen,  ave. 

Epig.  69,  1.  1. 

Let  Rufus  weep,  rejoice,  stand,  sit  or  walk, 
Still  he  can  nothing  but  of  NoBma  talk ; 
Let  him  eat,  drink,  ask  questions,  or  dispute, 
Still  he  must  speak  of  Nmvia^  or  be  mute. 
He  writ  to  his  father,  ending  wiin  this  line, 
"I  am,  my  lovely  Ncema,  ever  thine.'' 


THE  CHASE 


[^^  who  have  searched 
into  human  nature 
observe  that  nothing  so  much  shews  the 
nobleness  of  the  soul  as  that  its  felicity 
consists  in  action.  Every  man  has  such 
an  active  principle  in  him  that  he  will 
find  out  something  to  employ  himself  upon, 
in  whatever  place  or  state  of  life  he  is 
posted.     I  have  heard  of  a  gentleman  who 

8  (113) 


114         Sir  Eoger  De  Coverley 

was  under  close  confinement  in  the  Bastile 
seven  years ;  during  which  time  he 
amused  himself  in  scattering  a  few  small 
pins  about  his  chamber,  gathering  them 
up  again,  and  placing  them  in  different 
figures  on  the  arm  of  a  great  chair.  He 
often  told  his  friends  afterwards  that, 
unless  he  had  found  out  this  piece  of 
exercise,  he  verily  believed  he  should  have 
lost  his  senses. 

After  what  has  been  said,  I  need  not 
inform  my  readers  that  Sir  Roger,  with 
whose  character  I  hope  they  are  at  present 
pretty  well  acquainted,  had  in  his  youth 
gone  through  the  whole  course  of  those 
rural  diversions  which  the  country  abounds 
in ;  and  which  seems  to  be  extremely  well 


The  Chase  115 

suited  to  that  laborious  industry  a  man 
may  observe  here  in  a  far  greater  degree 
than  in  towns  and  cities.  I  have  before 
hinted  at  some  of  my  friend's  exploits. 
He  had  in  his  youthful  days  taken  forty 
coveys  of  partridges  in  a  season ;  and 
tired  many  a  salmon  with  a  line  consisting 
but  of  a  single  hair.  The  constant  thanks 
and  good  wishes  of  the  neighborhood 
always  attended  him,  on  account  of  his* 
remarkable  enmity  toward  foxes ;  having 
destroyed  more  of  those  vermin  in  one 
year  than  it  was  thought  the  whole 
country  could  have  produced.  Indeed  the 
Knight  does  not  scruple  to  own  among 
his  most  intimate  friends  that,  in  order  to 
establish  his  reputation  this  way,  he  has 


116  Sir  Roger  De  Cover  ley 

secretly  sent  for  great  numbers  of  them 
out  of  other  counties,  which  he  used  to 
turn  loose  about  the  country  by  night, 
that  he  might  the  better  signalize  himself 
in  their  destruction  the  next  day.  His 
hunting  horses  were  the  finest  and  best 
managed  in  all  these  parts.  His  tenants 
^re  still  full  of  the  praises  of  a  gray  stone- 
horse  that  unhappily  staked  himself  several 
years  since,  and  was  buried  with  great 
solemnity  in  the  orchard. 

Sir  Roger,  being  at  present  too  old  for 
fox-hunting,  to  keep  himself  in  action,  has 
disposed  of  his  beagles  and  got  a  pack  of 
Stop-Hounds,  What  these  want  in  speed, 
he  endeavors  to  make  amends  for  by  the 
deepness  of  their  mouths  and  the  variety  of 


The  Chase 


117 


their  notes,  which  are  suited  in  such  manner 
to  each  other,  that  the  whole  cry  makes 
up  a  complete  concert.     He  is  so  nice  in  this- 


The  gray  stone-horse. 


particular,  that  a  gentleman  having  made 
him  a  present  of  a  very  fine  hound  the 
other  day,  the  Knight  returned  it  by  the 


118  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

servant  with  a  great  many  expressions  of 
civility  ;  but  desired  him  to  tell  his  master 
that  the  dog  he  had  sent  was  indeed  a  most 
excellent  Bass,  but  that  at  present  he  only 
wanted  a  Counter- Tenor.  Could  I  believe 
my  friend  had  ever  read  Shakespeare,  I 
should  certainly  conclude  he  had  taken  the 
hint  from  Theseus  in  the  Midsummer 
NigMs  Dream. 

My  hounds  are  bred  out  of  the  Spartan  kind, 
So  flu'd,  80  sanded  ;  and  their  heads  are  hung 
With  ears  that  sweep  away  the  morning  dew.  * 
Crook-knee* d  and  dew-lap'd  like  Thessalian  hulls, 
Slow  in  pursuit,  but  matched  in  mouths  like  bells, 
Each  under  each  :  A  cry  more  tuneable 
Was  never  holla' d  to,  nor  cJiear'd  with  horn. 

Sir  Roger  is  so  keen  at  this  sport  that 
he  has  been  out  almost  every  day  since  I 


'  The  most  excellent  bass." 


(119) 


The  Chase 


121 


came  down ;  and  upon  the  chaplain's  offer- 
ing to  lend  me  his  easy  pad,  I  was  pre- 


"  Happy  if  they  could  open  a  gate." 

vailed  on  yesterday  morning  to  make  one 
of  the  company.  I  was  extremly  pleased, 
as  we  rid  along,  to  observe  the  general 


122         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

benevolence  of  all  the  neighborhood  to- 
wards my  friend.  The  farmers'  sons 
thought  themselves  happy  if  they  could 
open  a  gate  for  the  good  old  Knight  as  he 
passed  by ;  which  he  generally  requited 
with  a  nod  or  a  smile,  and  a  kind  of 
enquiry  after  their  fathers  and  uncles. 

After  we  had  rid  about  a  mile  from 
home,  we  came  upon  a  large  heath,  and 
the  sportsmen  began  to  beat.  They  had 
done  so  for  some  time,  when,  as  I  was  at 
a  little  distance  from  the  rest  of  the  com- 
pany, I  saw  a  hare  pop  out  from  a  small 
furze-brake  almost  under  my  horse's  feet. 
I  marked  the  way  she  took,  which  I  en- 
deavored to  make  the  company  sensible 
of  by  extending  my  arms ;  but  to  no  pur- 


The  Chase 


123 


pose,  till  Sir  Roger,  who  knows  that  none 
of  my  extraordinary  motions  are  insignifi- 
cant, rode  up  to  me,  and  asked  me  if  puss 
was  gone  that  way  ?     Upon  my  answering 


'  I'i.  i)uss  was  gone  that  way  ? ' 


Yes,  he  immediately  called  in  the  dogs, 
and  put  them  upon  the  scent.  As  they 
were  going  off,  I  heard  one  of  the  country- 
fellows  muttering  to  his  companion,  That 


124         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

Hwas  a  wonder  they  had  not  lost  all  their 
sport,  for  want  of  the  silent  gentleman^s 
crying  Stole  away. 

This,  with  my  aversion  to  leaping 
hedges,  made  me  withdraw  to  a  rising 
ground,  from  whence  I  could  have  the 
pleasure  of  the  whole  chase,  without  the 
fatigue  of  keeping  in  with  the  hounds. 
The  hare  immediately  threw  them  above  a 
mile  behind  her ;  but  I  was  pleased  to  find, 
that  instead  of  running  straight  forwards, 
or,  in  hunter's  language.  Flying  the  country y 
as  I  was  afraid  she  might  have  done,  she 
wheeled  about,  and  described  a  sort  of 
circle  round  the  hill  where  I  had  taken 
my  station,  in  such  manner  as  gave  me  a 
very  distinct  view  of  the  sport.     I  could 


The  Chase 


125 


see  her  first  pass  by,  and  the  dogs  some 
time  afterwards  unravelling  the  whole  track 
she  had  made,  and  following  her  thro' all  her 


"  'Twas  a  wonder  they  had  not  lost  all  their  sport." 

doubles.  I  was  at  the  same  time  delighted 
in  observing  that  deference  which  the  rest 
of  the  pack  paid  to  each  particular  hound, 


126  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

according  to  the  character  he  had  acquired 
amongst  them.  If  they  were  at  a  fault, 
and  an  old  hound  of  reputation  opened 
but  once,  he  was  immediately  followed  by 
the  whole  cry ;  while  a  raw  dog,  or  one 
who  was  a  noted  Liar,  might  have  yelped 
his  heart  out,  without  being  taken  notice 
of. 

The  hare  now,  after  having  squatted  two 
or  three  times,  and  been  put  up  again  as 
often,  came  still  nearer  to  the  place  where 
she  was  at  first  started.  The  dogs  pur- 
sued her,  and  these  were  followed  by  the 
jolly  Knight,  who  rode  upon  a  white  geld- 
ing, encompassed  by  his  tenants  and  ser- 
vants, and  cheering  his  hounds  with  all 
the  gaiety  of  five  and  twenty.     One  of  the 


The  Chase 


127 


sportsmen   rode   up  to   me,  and    told    me 

that  he  was        ^^    sure    the    chase   was 

ahnost  at  an 

end,  because 

the  old  dogs, 

which     had 

hitherto  lain 


the  right.  Our  hare 
took  a  large  field  just 
under  us,  followed  by  the  full  cry  in  view.    I 


128         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

must  confess  the  brightness  of  the  weather, 
the  cheerfuhiess  of  everything  around  me, 
the  chiding  of  the  hounds,  which  was  re- 
turned upon  us  in  a  double  echo  from  two 
neighboring  hills,  with  the  hallooing  of  the 
sportsmen,  and  the  sounding  of  the  horn, 
lifted  my  spirits  into  a  most  lively  pleasure, 
which  I  freely  indulged  because  I  was  sure 
it  was  innocent.  If  I  was  under  any  con- 
cern it  was  on  the  account  of  the  poor 
hare,  that  was  now  quite  spent  and  almost 
within  the  reach  of  her  enemies  ;  when 
the  huntsman  getting  forward  threw  down 
his  pole  before  the  dogs.  They  were  now 
within  eight  yards  of  that  game  which 
they  had  been  pursuing  for  almost  as  many 
hours  ;  yet  on  the  signal  before-mentioned 


The  Chase 


129 


they  all  made  a  sudden  stand,  and  tho' 
they  continued  opening  as  much  as  before, 
durst  not  once  attempt  to  pass  beyond  the 


"  With  all  the  gaiety  of  five  and  twenty." 

pole.  At  the  same  time  Sir  Roger  rode 
forward,  and,  alighting,  took  up  the  hare 
in  his  arms ;  which  he  soon  delivered  up 
to  one  of  his  servants,  with  an  order,  if 
she  could  be  kept  alive,  to  let  her  go  in 


130  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

his  great  orchard ;  where  it  seems  he  has 
several  of  these  prisoners  of  war,  who 
live  together  in  a  very  comfortable 
captivity.  I  was  highly  pleased  to  see  the 
discipline  of  the  pack,  and  the  good 
nature  of  the  Knight,  who  could  not  find 
in  his  heart  to  murder  a  creature  that  had 
given  him  so  much  diversion. 

As  we  were  returning  home,  I  remem- 
bered that  Monsieur  Paschal,  in  his  most 
excellent  discourse  on  the  misery  of  man^ 
tells  us,  that  all  our  endeavors  after  great- 
ness proceed  from  nothing  but  a  desire  of 
being  surrounded  by  a  multitude  of  persons 
and  affairs  that  may  hinder  us  from  look- 
ing into  ourselves,  which  is  a  view  we  can- 
not bear.     He  afterwards  goes  on  to  shew 


The  Chase  131 

that  our  love  of  sports  comes  from  the 
same  reason,  and  is  particularly  severe 
upon  hunting.  What,  says  he,  unless  it 
be  to  droum  thought,  can  make  men  throw 
away  so  much  tirne  and  pains  upon  a  silly 
animal,  which  they  inight  buy  cheaper  in 
the  market?  The  foregoing  reflection  is 
certainly  just,  when  a  man  suffers  his  whole 
mind  to  be  drawn  into  his  sports,  and 
altogether  loses  himself  in  the  woods ;  but 
does  not  affect  those  who  propose  a  far 
more  laudable  end  for  this  exercise,  I 
mean.  The  preservation  of  health,  and 
keeping  all  the  organs  of  the  soul  in  a  con- 
dition to  execute  her  orders.  Had  that 
incomparable  person,  whom  I  last  quoted, 
been  a  little  more  indulgent  to  himself  in 


132  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

this  point,  the  world  might  probably  have 
enjoyed  him  much  longer ;  whereas  thro' 
too  great  an  application  to  his  studies  in 
his  youth,  he  contracted  that  ill  habit  of 
body,  which,  after  a  tedious  sickness,  car- 
ried him  off  in  the  fortieth  year  of  his  age ; 
and  the  whole  history  we  have  of  his  life 
till  that  time  is  but  one  continued  account 
of  the  behavior  of  a  noble  soul  strug- 
gling under  innumerable  pains  and  dis- 
tempers. 

For  my  own  part,  I  intend  to  hunt  twice 
a  week  during  my  stay  with  Sir  Rog^er  ; 
and  shall  prescribe  the  moderate  use  of  this 
exercise  to  all  my  country  friends  as  the 
best  kind  of  physick  for  mending  a  bad 
constitution,  and   preserving  a  good  one. 


The  Chase  133 

I  cannot  do  this  better  than  in  the  follow- 
ing lines  out  of  Mr.  Dry  den  : 

The  first  physicians  hy  debauch  were  made  ; 
Excess  began,  and  sloth  sustains  the  trade. 
By  chace  our  long-Uv'd  fathers  earned  their  food  ; 
Toil  strung  the  nerves,  and  purify* d  the  blood  ; 
But  we  their  sons,  a  pamper' d  race  of  men, 
Are  dwindled  down  to  threescore  years  and  ten. 
Better  to  hunt  in  fields  for  health  unbought. 
Than  fee  the  Doctor  for  a  nauseous  draught. 
The  wise  for  cure  on  exercise  depend  ; 
Ood  never  made  his  work  for  man  to  mend. 


THE  COUNTY  ASSIZES 


^MAN'S  first  care  should  be 
to  avoid  the  reproaches  of 
his  own  heart;  his  next, 
to  escape  the  censures  of  the  world.  If 
the  last  interferes  with  the  former,  it 
ought  to  be  entirely  neglected  ;  but  other- 
wise there  cannot  be  a  greater  satisfaction 
to  an  honest  mind  than  to  see  those  ap- 
probations which  it  gives  itself  seconded 
by  the  applauses  of  the  publick.  A  man 
is  more  sure  of  his  conduct,  when  the 
verdict  which  he  passes  upon  his  own  be- 

(137) 


138         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

havior  is   thus   warranted  and  confirmed 
by  the  opinion  of  all  that  know  him. 

My  worthy  friend  Sir  Roger  is  one  of 
those   who   is   not   only  at   peace  within 


Sir  Roger  takes  us  to  the  Assizes. 


himself,  but  beloved  and  esteemed  by  all 
about  him.  He  receives  a  suitable  tribute 
for  his  universal  benevolence  to  mankind, 
in  the  returns  of  affection  and  good-will, 


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139 


which  are  paid  him  by  every  one  that  lives 
within  his  neighborhood.  I  lately  met  with 
two  or  three  odd  instances  of  that  general 
respect  which  is  shewn  to  the  good   old 


Si^Mi':^- 


The  two  plain  men  who  rid  before  us. 

Knight.  He  would  needs  carry  Will 
Wimble  and  myself  with  him  to  the 
county  assizes.  As  we  were  upon  the 
road,  Will  Wimble  ^oinW  a  couple  of  plain 


140         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

men  who  rid  before  us,  and  conversed  with 
them  for  some  time ;  during  which  my 
friend  Sir  Roger  acquainted  me  with  their 
characters. 

The  first  of  them,  says  he,  that  has  a 
spaniel  by  his  side,  is  a  yeoman  of  about 
an  hundred  pounds  a  year,  an  honest  man. 
He  is  just  within  the  game-act,  and  quali- 
fied to  kill  an  hare  or  a  pheasant.  He 
knocks  down  a  dinner  with  his  gun  twice 
or  thrice  a  week ;  and  by  that  means  lives 
much  cheaper  than  those  who  have  not  so 
good  an  estate  as  himself.  He  would  be  a 
good  neighbor  if  he  did  not  destroy  so 
many  partridges.  In  short,  he  is  a  very 
sensible  man  ;  shoots  flying ;  and  has  been 
several  times  foreman  of  the  petty-jury. 


An  honest  yeoman. 


(141) 


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143 


The  other  that  rides  along  with  him  is 
Tom  Touchy,  a  fellow  famous  for  taking  the 


Tom  Touchy. 

law  of  everybody.  There  is  not  one  in  the 
town  where  he  lives  that  he  has  not  sued 
at  a  quarter  sessions.     Therogue  had  once 


144  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

the  impudence  to  go  to  law  with  the  widow. 
His  head  is  full  of  costs,  damages,  and 
ejectments.  He  plagued  a  couple  of  honest 
gentlemen  so  long  for  a  trespass  in  break- 
ing one  of  his  hedges,  till  he  was  forced  to 
sell  the  ground  it  enclosed  to  defray  the 
charges  of  the  prosecution.  His  father  left 
him  fourscore  pounds  a  year ;  but  he  has 
ca5^and  been  cast  so  often,  that  he  is  not 
now  worth  thirty.  I  suppose  he  is  going 
upon  the  old  business  of  the  -willow-tree. 

As  Sir  Roger  was  giving  me  this  ac- 
count of  Tom  Touchy  J  Will  Wimble  and  his 
two  companions  stopped  short  till  we  came 
up  to  them.  After  having  paid  their  re- 
spects to  Sir  Roger,  Will  told  him  that 
Mr.  Touchy  and  he  must  appeal  to  him 


10 


Will  Wimble. 


\ 
(145) 


i     i\  i    3     -}      3 
J    ^  •»,3I   >      >  J 


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147 


upon  a  dispute  that  arose  between  them. 
JVill,  it  seems,  had  been  giving  his  fellow- 
traveller  an  account  of  his  angling  one  day 
in  such  a  hole;  when  Tom  Touchy,  instead 


The  widow  consults  her  lawyer  anent  Tom  Touchy. 

of  hearing  out  his  story,  told  him  that  Mr. 
Such-a-one,  if  he  pleased,  might  take  the 
law  of  him  for  fishing  in  that  part  of  the 


148  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

river.  My  friend  Sir  Roger  heard  them 
both,  upon  a  round  trot ;  and  after  having 
paused  some  time  told  them,  with  the  air 
of  a  man  who  would  not  give  his  judg- 
ment rashly,  that  much  might  be  said  on 
both  sides.  They  were  neither  of  them 
dissatisfied  with  the  Knight's  determina- 
tion, because  neither  of  them  found  him- 
self in  the  wrong  by  it.  Upon  which  we 
made  the  best  of  our  way  to  the  assizes. 

The  court  was  sat  before  Sir  Roger 
came  ;  but  notwithstanding  all  the  justices 
had  taken  their  places  upon  the  bench, 
they  made  room  for  the  old  Knight  at  the 
head  of  them ;  who  for  his  reputation  in 
the  country  took  occasion  to  whisper  in 
the  judge's  ear.  That  he  ivas  glad  his  lord- 


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149 


ship  had  met  with  so  much  good  weathei^  in 
his  circuit.  I  was  listening  to  the  proceed- 
ing of  the  court  with  much  attention,  and 


"A  general  whisper  ran  through  the  country  people  that  Sir  Roger 
was  up." 

infinitely  pleased  with  that  great  appear- 
ance and  solemnity  which  so  properly  ac- 
companies such  a  publick  administration 
of  our  laws ;  when,  after  about  an  hour's 


150  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

sitting,  I  observed,  to  my  great  surprise, 
in  the  midst  of  a  trial,  that  my  friend  Sir 
Roger  was  getting  up  to  speak.  I  was  in 
some  pain  for  him,  till  I  found  he  had  ac- 
quitted himself  of  two  or  three  sentences 
with  a  look  of  much  business  and  great 
intrepidity. 

Upon  his  first  rising  the  court  was 
hushed,  and  a  general  whisper  ran  among 
the  country  people  that  Sir  Roger  was  up. 
The  speech  he  made  was  so  little  to  the 
purpose  that  I  shall  not  trouble  my  readers 
with  an  account  of  it ;  and  I  believe  was 
not  so  much  designed  by  the  Knight  him- 
self to  inform  the  court,  as  to  give  him  a 
figure  in  my  eye,  and  to  keep  up  his  credit 
in  the  country. 


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151 


I  was  highly  delighted,  when  the  court 
rose,  to  see  the  gentlemen  of  the  country 
gathering  about  my  old  friend,  and  striving 


"  We  stopped  at  a  little  inn  to  rest  ourselves  and  our  horses." 


who  should  compliment  him  most ;  at  the 
same  time  that  the  ordinary  people  gazed 
upon  him  at  a  distance,  not  a  little  admir- 


152         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

ing  his  courage,  that  was   not   afraid  to 
speak  to  the  judge. 

In  our  return  home  we  met  with  a  very 
odd  accident ;  which  I  cannot  forbear  re- 
lating, because  it  shews  how  desirous  all 
who  know  Sir  Roger  are  of  giving  him 
marks  of  their  esteem.  When  we  were 
arrived  upon  the  verge  of  his  estate,  we 
stopped  at  a  little  inn  to  rest  ourselves 
and  our  horses.  The  man  of  the  house 
had,  it  seems,  been  formerly  a  servant  in 
the  Knight's  family ;  and,  to  do  honor 
to  his  old  master,  had  some  time  since, 
unknown  to  Sir  Roger,  put  him  up  in  a 
sign-post  before  the  door ;  so  that  the 
Knight's  head  had  hung  out  upon  the 
road  about  a  week  before  he  himself  knew 


The  County  Assizes  153 

anything  of  the  matter.  As  soon  as  Sir 
Roger  was  acquainted  with  it,  finding 
that  his  servant's  indiscretion  proceeded 
wholly  from  affection  and  good-will,  he 
only  told  him  that  he  had  made  him  too 
high  a  compliment ;  and  when  the  fellow 
seemed  to  think  that  could  hardly  be, 
added  with  a  more  decisive  look.  That  it 
was  too  great  an  honor  for  any  man  under 
a  duke  ;  but  told  him,  at  the  same  time, 
that  it  might  be  altered  with  a  very  few 
touches,  and  that  he  himself  would  be  at 
the  charge  of  it.  Accordingly,  they  got  a 
painter  by  the  Knight's  directions  to  add 
a  pair  of  whiskers  to  the  face,  and  by  a 
little  aggravation  of  the  features  to  change 
it  into  the  Saracen^ s-Head.     I  should  not 


154         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

have  known  this  story  had  not  the  inn- 
keeper, upon  Sir  Roger's  alighting,  told 
him  in  my  hearing,  That  his  honor's  head 
was  brought  back  last  night  with  the  al- 
terations that  he  had  ordered  to  be  made 
in  it.  Upon  this  my  friend,  with  his 
usual  cheerfulness,  related  the  particulars 
above-mentioned,  and  ordered  the  head  to 
be  brought  into  the  room.  I  could  not 
forbear  discovering  greater  expressions  of 
mirth  than  ordinary  upon  the  appearance 
of  this  monstrous  face,  under  which,  not- 
withstanding it  was  made  to  frown  and 
stare  in  a  most  extraordinary  manner,  I 
could  still  discover  a  distant  resemblance 
of  my  old  friend.  Sir  Roger,  upon  see- 
ing me  laugh,  desired  me  to  tell  him  truly 


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155 


if  I  thought  it  possible  for  people  to  know 
him  in  that  disguise.  I  at  first  kept  my 
usual  silence ;  but  upon  the  Knight's  con- 


Inspecting  "  his  honor's  head  with  the  alterations  that  he  had 
ordered  to  be  made  in  it." 


juring  me  to  tell  him  whether  it  was  not 
still  more  like  himself  than  a  Saracen,  I 
composed   my   countenance    in    the   best 


156  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

manner  I  could,  and  replied,  That  much 
might  be  said  on  both  sides. 

These  several  adventures,  with  the 
Knight's  behavior  in  them,  gave  me  as 
pleasant  a  day  as  ever  I  met  with  in  any 
of  my  travels. 


Much  "  might "  be  said  on  both  sides. 


(157) 


^.< 


THE  SPECTATOE'S    EETUEN  TO 
TOWN 


«^ 


j/^^'""    The  Spectator's 
Return  to  Toivn, 

HAVING  notified  to  my  good  friend 
Sir  Roger  that  I  should  set  out  for  Lon- 
don the  next  day,  his  horses  were  ready 
at  the  appointed  hour  in  the  evening ; 
and  attended  by  one  of  his  grooms,  I  ar- 
rived at  the  country  town  at  twilight,  in 
order  to  be  ready  for  the  stage-coach  the 
day  following.  As  soon  as  we  arrived  at 
the  inn,  the  servant,  who  waited  upon  me, 
enquired  of  the  chamberlain  in  my  hear- 

11  (161) 


162  Sir  Roger  De  Cover  ley 

ing  what  company  he  had  for  the  coach? 
The  fellow  answered,  Mrs.  Betty  Arable^ 
the  great  fortune,  and  the  widow  her 
mother ;  a  recruiting  officer  (who  took  a 
place  because  they  were  to  go)  ;  young 
'Squire  Quichset  her  cousin  (that  her 
mother  wished  her  to  be  married  to)  ; 
Ephraim  the  Quaker,  her  guardian  ;  and 
a  gentleman  that  had  studied  himself 
dumb,  from  Sir  Roger  de  Coverlet's. 
I  observed  by  what  he  said  of  myself  that, 
according  to  his  office,  he  dealt  much  in 
intelligence ;  and  doubted  not  but  there 
was  some  foundation  for  his  reports  for 
the  rest  of  the  company,  as  well  as  for  the 
whimsi'cal  account  he  gave  of  me.  The 
next  morning  at  day-break  we  were  all 


The  Spectator's  Return  to  Town    163 

called ;  and  I,  who  knew  my  own  natural 
shyness,  and  endeavor  to  be  as  little 
liable   to   be   disputed   with   as    possible, 


Farewell. 


dressed  immediately,  that  I  might  make 
no  one  wait.  The  first  preparation  for 
our  setting-out  was  that  the  captain's  half- 
pike  was  placed  near  the  coachman,  and 


164         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

a  drum  behind  the  coach.  In  the  mean 
time  the  drummer,  the  captain's  equipage, 
was  very  loud  that  none  of  the  captain's 
things  should  be  placed  so  as  to  be 
spoiled ;  upon  which  his  cloke-bag  was 
fixed  in  the  seat  of  the  coach :  and  the 
captain  himself,  according  to  a  frequent, 
tho'  invidious  behavior  of  military  men, 
ordered  his  man  to  look  sharp,  that  none 
but  one  of  the  ladies  should  have  the 
place  he  had  taken  fronting  to  the  coach- 
box. 

We  were  in  some  little  time  fixed  in 
our  seats,  and  sat  with  that  dislike  which 
people  not  too  good-natured  usually  con- 
ceive of  each  other  at  first  sight.  The 
coach  jumbled  us  insensibly  into  some  sort 


The  Spectator's  Return  to  Town    165 

of  familiarity ;  and  we  had  not  moved 
above  two  miles,  when  the  widow  asked 
the  captain  what  success  he  had  in  his  re- 


cur setting-out. 


cruiting?  The  officer,  with  a  frankness 
he  believed  very  graceful,  told  her,  "  That 
indeed  he  had  but  very  little  luck,  and  had 
suflfered  much  by  desertion,  therefore  should 


166         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

be  glad  to  end  his  warfare  in  the  service  of 
her  or  her  fair  daughter.  In  a  word/'  con- 
tinued he,  ^'I  am  a  soldier,  and  to  be  plain 
is  my  character.  You  see  me.  Madam, 
young,  sound,  and  impudent;  take  me 
yourself,  widow,  or  give  me  to  her,  I  will 
be  wholly  at  your  disposal.  I  am  a  soldier 
of  fortune,  ha !  "  This  was  followed  by  a 
vain  laugh  of  his  own,  and  a  deep  silence 
of  all  the  rest  of  the  company.  I  had 
nothing  left  for  it  but  to  fall  fast  asleep, 
which  I  did  with  all  speed.  "  Come,"  said 
he,  *' resolve  upon  it,  we  will  make  a 
wedding  at  the  next  town.  We  will  wake 
this  pleasant  companion  who  has  fallen 
asleep  to  be  the  brideman"  (and  giving 
the  quaker  a  clap  on  the  knee),  he  con- 


'  You  see,  madam,  young,  sound,  and  impudent." 

(167) 


The  Spectator's  Return  to  Town    169 

eluded,  "  this  sly  saint,  who,  I'll  warranty 
understands  what's  what  as  well  as  you  or 
I,  widow,  shall  give  the  bride  as  father/' 
The  quaker,  who  happened  to  be  a  man 
of  smartness,  answered,  ''  Friend,  I  take  it 
in  good  part  that  thou  hast  given  me  the 
authority  of  a  father  over  this  comely  and 
virtuous  child ;  and  I  must  assure  thee, 
that  if  I  have  the  giving  her,  I  shall  not 
bestow  her  on  thee.  Thy  mirth,  friend, 
savoreth  of  folly.  Thou  art  a  person  of  a 
light  mind  ;  thy  drum  is  a  type  of  thee,  it 
soundeth  because  it  is  empty.  Verily,  it  is 
not  from  thy  fulness,  but  thy  emptiness 
that  thou  hast  spoken  this  day.  Friend, 
friend,  we  have  hired  this  coach  in  part- 
nership with  thee,  to  carry  us  to  the  great 


170         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

city ;  we  cannot  go  any  other  way.  This 
worthy  mother  must  hear  thee  if  thou  wilt 
needs  utter  thy  follies ;  we  cannot  help  it, 
friend,  I  say.  If  thou  wilt,  we  must  hear 
thee ;  but  if  thou  wert  a  man  of  under- 
standing, thou  wouldst  not  take  advantage 
of  thy  courageous  countenance  to  abash  us 
children  of  peace.  Thou  art,  thou  sayest, 
a  soldier ;  give  quarter  to  us,  who  cannot 
resist  thee.  Why  didst  thou  fleer  at  our 
friend,  who  feigned  himself  asleep?  he  said 
nothing ;  but  how  dost  thou  know  what  he 
containeth?  If  thou  speakest  improper 
things  in  the  hearing  of  this  virtuous 
young  virgin,  consider  it  as  an  outrage 
against  a  distressed  person  that  cannot  get 
from  thee.     To  speak  indiscreetly  what  we 


The  Spectator's  Return  to  Town    171 

are  obliged  to  hear,  by  being  hasped  up 
with  thee  in  this  publick  vehicle,  is  in  some 
degree  assaulting  on  the  high  road." 


•'  Our  reckonings  fell  under  Ephraim." 

Here  Ephraiin  paused,  and  the  captain, 
Avith  a  happy  and  uncommon  impudence 
(which  can  be  convicted  and  support  itself 
at  the  same  time),  cries,  "Faith,  friend,  I 


172         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

should  have  been  a  little  impertinent  if 
thou  hadst  not  reprimanded  me.  Come, 
thou  art,  I  see,  a  smoky  old  fellow,  and  I'll 
be  very  orderly  the  ensuing  part  of  my 
journey.  I  was  going  to  give  myself  airs, 
but,  ladies,  I  beg  f)ardon." 

The  captain  was  so  little  out  of  humor, 
and  our  company  was  so  far  from  being 
soured  by  this  little  ruffle,  that  Ephraim 
and  he  took  a  particular  delight  in  being 
agreeable  to  each  other  for  the  future; 
and  assumed  their  different  provinces  in 
the  conduct  of  the  company.  Our  reckon- 
ings, apartments,  and  accommodation  fell 
under  Ephraim ;  and  the  captain  looked 
to  all  disputes  upon  the  road,  as  the  good 
behavior  of  our  coachman,  and  the  right 


The  Spectator's  Keturn  to  Town   173 

we  had  of  taking  place  as  going  to  London 
of  all  vehicles  coming  from  thence.  The 
occurrences  we  met  with  were  ordinary, 
and  very  little  happened  which  could 
entertain  by  the  relation  of  them.  But 
when  I  consider'd  the  company  we  were 
in,  I  took  it  for  no  small  good-fortune  that 
the  whole  journey  was  not  spent  in  im- 
pertinences, which  to  the  one  part  of  us 
might  be  an  entertainment,  to  the  other  a 
suffering.  What  therefore  Ephraim  said 
when  we  were  almost  arrived  at  London 
had  to  me  an  air  not  only  of  good  under- 
standing but  good  breeding.  Upon  the 
young  lady  expressing  her  satisfaction  in 
the  journey,  and  declaring  how  delightful 
it   had   been    to   her,  Ephraim  delivered 


174         Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

himself  as  follows  :  ''  There  is  no  ordinary- 
part  of  human  life  which  expresseth  so 
much  a  good  mind,  and  a  right  inward 
man,  as  his  behavior  upon  meeting  with 
strangers,  especially  such  as  may  seem  the 
most  unsuitable  companions  to  him.  Such 
a  man,  when  he  falleth  in  the  way  with 
persons  of  simplicity  and  innocence,  how- 
ever knowing  he  may  be  in  the  ways  of 
men,  will  not  vaunt  himself  thereof;  but 
will  the  rather  hide  his  superiority  to  them, 
that  he  may  not  be  painful  unto  them. 
My  good  friend"  (continued  he,  turning  to 
the  officer),  "thee  and  I  are  to  part  by 
and  by,  and  peradventure  we  may  never 
meet  again.  But  be  advised  by  a  plain 
man  :  modes  and  apparel   are  but   trifles 


The  Spectator's  Return  to  Town    175 

to  the  real  man,  therefore  do  not  think 
such  a  man  as  thyself  terrible  for  thy  garb, 


The  spectator  in  town. 

nor  such  a  one  as  me  contemptible  for 
mine.  When  two  such  as  thee  and  I 
meet,  with  aJBfections  as  we  ought  to  have 


176  Sir  Roger  De  Coverley 

towards  each  other,  thou  shouldst  rejoice 
to  see  my  peaceable  demeanor,  and  I 
should  be  glad  to  see  thy  strength  and 
ability  to  protect  me  in  it." 


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PAUL  AND  VIRGINIA,  by  Bernardin  de  St.  Pierre^ 
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ALICE'S  ADVENTURES  IN  WONDERLAND,  AND 
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LUCILE,  by  Owen  Meredith,  with  numerous  illustra- 
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SCARLET  LETTER,  by  Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  with 
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BATTLES  OF  THE  WAR  FOR  INDEPENDENCE,  by 
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BATTLES  OF  THE  WAR  FOR  THE  UNION,  by  Pres- 
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THE  SONG  OF  HIAWATHA,  by  Henry  W.  Longfel- 
low, with  100  illustrations. 


ALTEMUS'  YOUNG  PEOPLES'  LIBRARY. 
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ROBINSON  CRUSOE:  (Chiefly  in  words  of  one  sylla- 
ble). His  life  and  strange,  surprising  adventures,, 
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ALICE'S  ADVENTURES  IN  WONDERLAND,  with 
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licious nonsense." — "  Saturday  Review." 

THROUGH  THE  LOOKING-GLASS  AND  WHAT 
ALICE  FOUND  THERE;  a  companion  to  *' Alice 
in  Wonderland,"  with  50  illustrations  by  John 
Tenniel. 

BUNYAN'S  PILGRIM'S  PROGRESS,  with  50  full  page 
and  text  illustrations. 
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Altemus'  Young  Peoples'  Library— Continued. 

A  CHILD'S  STORY  OF  THE  BIBLE,  with  72  full-page 
illustrations. 

A  CHILD'S  LIFE  OF  CHRIST,  with  49  illustrations. 
God  has  implanted  in  the  infant  heart  a  desire 
to  hear  of  Jesus,  and  children  are  early  attracted 
and  sweetly  riveted  by  the  wonderful  Story  of  the 
jNiaster  from  the  Manger  to  the  Throne. 

SWISS  FAMILY  ROBINSON,  with  50  illustrations. 
The  father  of  the  family  tells  the  tale  of  the 
vicissitudes  through  which  he  and  his  wife  and 
children  pass,  the  wonderful  discoveries  made  and 
dangers  encountered.  The  book  is  full  of  interest 
and  instruction. 

CHRISTOPHER  COLUMBUS  AND  THE  DISCOV- 
ERY OF  AMERICA,  with  70  illustrations.  Every 
American  boy  and  girl  should  be  acquainted  with 
the  story  of  the  life  of  the  great  discoverer,  with 
its  struggles,  adventures,  and  trials. 

THE  STORY  OF  EXPLORATION  AND  DISCOVERY 
IN  AFRICA,  with  80  illustrations.  Records  the 
experiences  of  adventures  and  discoveries  in  de- 
veloping the  **  Dark  Continent,"  from  the  early 
days  of  Bruce  and  Mungo  Park  dovm  to  Living- 
stone and  Stanley,  and  the  heroes  of  our  own 
times.  No  present  can  be  more  acceptable  than 
such  a  volume  as  this,  where  courage,  intrepidity, 
resource,  and  devotion  are  so  admirably  mingled. 

THE  FABLES  OF  ^SOP.  Compiled  from  the  best  ac- 
cepted sources.  With  62  illustrations.  The  fables 
of  ^sop  are  among  the  very  earliest  compositions 
of  this  kind,  and  probably  have  never  been  sur- 
passed for  point  and  brevity. 

GULLIVER'S  TRAVELS.  Adapted  for  young  readers, 
with  50  illustrations. 

MOTHER     GOOSE'S     RHYMES,     JINGLES     AND 
FAIRY  TALES,  with  234  illustrations. 
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Altemus'  YouDg  Peoples'  Library— Continued. 

^  LIVES  OF  THE  PRESIDENTS  OF  THE  UNITED 
STATES,  by  Prescott  Holmes.  With  portraits  of 
the  Presidents  and  also  of  the  unsuccessful  can- 
didates for  the  office;  as  well  as  the  ablest  of  the 
Cabinet  officers.  It  is  just  the  book  for  intelli- 
gent boys,  and  it  will  help  to  make  them  intelli- 
gent and  patriotic  citizens. 

THE  STORY  OF  ADVENTURE  IN  THE  FROZEN 
SEAS,  with  70  illustrations.  By  Prescott  Holmes. 
We  have  here  brought  together  the  records  of  the 
attempts  to  reach  the  North  Pole.  The  book 
shows  how  much  can  be  accomplished  by  steady 
perseverance  and  indomitable  pluck. 

ILLUSTRATED  NATURAL  HISTORY,  by  the  Rev. 
J.  G.  Wood,  with  80  illustrations.  This  author 
has  done  more  to  popularize  the  study  of  natural 
history  than  any  other  writer.  The  illustrations 
are  striking  and  life-like. 

A  CHILD'S  HISTORY  OF  ENGLAND,  by  Charles 
Dickens,  with  50  illustrations.  Tired  of  listening 
to  his  children  memorize  the  twaddle  of  old- 
fashioned  English  history,  the  author  covered  the 
ground  in  his  own  peculiar  and  happy  style  for  his 
own  children's  use.  When  the  work  was  pub- 
lished its  success  was  instantaneous. 

BLACK  BEAUTY:  THE  AUTOBIOGRAPHY  OF  A 
HORSE,  by  Anna  Sewell,  with  50  illustrations. 
A  work  sure  to  educate  boys  and  girls  to  treat 
with  kindness  all  members  of  the  animal  kingdom. 
Recognized  as  the  greatest  story  of  animal  life  ex- 

THE  ARABIAN  NIGHTS  ENTERTAINMENTS,  with 
130    illustrations.     Contains    the    most    favorably 
known  of  the  stories. 
GRIMM'S  FAIRY  TALES.    With  55  illustrations. 

The  Tales  are  a  wonderful  collection,  as   inter- 
esting, from  a  literary  point  of  view,  as  they  are 
delightful  as  stories, 
FLOWER  FABLES.    By  Loui^^a  May  Alcott.    With  nu- 
merous illustrations,  full-page  and  text. 

A  series  of  very  interesting  fairy  tales  by  the 
most  charming  of  American  story-tellers. 
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ANDERSEN^S  FAIRY  TALES.  By  Hans  Christian 
Andersen.    With  77  illustrations. 

The  spirit  of  high  moral  teaching,  and  the  deli- 
cacy of  sentiment,  feeling,  and  expression  that  per- 
vade these  tales  make  these  wonderful  creations 
not  only  attractive  to  the  young,  but  equally  ac- 
ceptable to  those  of  mature  years,  who  are  able 
to  understand  their  real  significance  and  apprec- 
ciate  the  depth  of  their  meaning. 

•GRANDFATHER'S  CHAIR;  A  HISTORY  FOR 
YOUTH.  By  Nathaniel  Hawthorne.  With  60  il- 
lustrations. 

The  story  of  America  from  the  landing  of  the 
Puritans  to  the  acknowledgment  without  reserve 
of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States,  told 
with  all  the  elegance,  simplicity,  grace,  clearness 
and  force  for  which  Hawthorne  is  conspicuously 
noted. 

AUNT  IMARTHA'S  CORNER  CUPBOARD,  by  Mary 
and  Elizabeth  Kirby,  with  60  illustrations.  Stor- 
ies about  Tea,  Coffee,  Sugar,  Rice  and  Chinaware, 
and  other  acce^^sories  of  the  well-kept  Cupboard. 
A  book  full  of  interest  for  all  the  girls  and  many 
of  the  boys. 

BATTLES  OF  THE  WAR  FOR  INDEPENDENCE, 
by  Prescott  Holmes,  with  70  illustrations.  A 
graphic  and  full  history  of  the  Rebellion  of  the 
American  Colonies  from  the  yoke  and  oppression 
of  England,  with  the  causes  that  led  thereto,  and 
including  an  account  of  the  second  war  with  Great 
Britain,  and  the  War  with  Mexico. 

BATTLES  OF  THE  WAR  FOR  THE  UNION,  by  Pres- 
cott Holmes,  with  80  illustrations.  A  correct  and 
impartial  account  of  the  greatest  civil  war  in  the 
annals  of  history.  Both  of  these  histories  of 
American  wars  are  a  necessary  part  of  the  educa- 
tion of  all  intelligent  American  boys  and  girls. 
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ALTEMUS'  KIPLING  SERIES. 

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popular  writer.  Presented  in  attractive  handy  volume 
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cents. 

1.  THE  DRUMS  OF  THE  FORE  AND  AFT. 

2.  THE  MAN  WHO  WAS. 

3.  WITHOUT  BENEFIT  OF  CLERGY. 

4.  RECRUDESCENCE  OF  IMRAY. 

5.  ON  GREENHOW  HILL. 

6.  WEE  WILLIE  WINKIE. 

7.  THE  MAN  WHO  WOULD  BE  KING. 

8.  MY  OWN  TRUE  GHOST  STORY. 

9.  THE  COURTING  OF  DINAH  SHADD. 

10.  THE     INCARNATION     OF     KRISHNA     MUL- 

VANEY. 

11.  HIS  MAJESTY  THE  KING. 

12.  WITH  THE  MAIN  GUARD. 

13.  THE  THREE  MUSKETEERS. 

14.  LISPETH. 

15.  CUPID'S  ARROWS. 

16.  IN   THE   HOUSE   OF  SUDDHOO. 

17.  THE  BRONCKHORST  DIVORCE-CASE. 

18.  THE  JUDGMENT  OF  DUNGARA. 

19.  GEMINI. 

20.  AT  TWENTY-TWO. 

21.  ON  THE  CITY  WALL. 


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2.  A  CHILD'S  LIFE  OF  CHRIST.    49  illustrations. 

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One  Syllable  Series— Continued. 

3.  A  CHILD'S  STORY  OF  THE  BIBLE.    72  illustra- 

tions. 

4.  THE    ADVENTURES    OF    ROBINSON    CRUSOE. 

70  illustrations. 

5.  BUNYAN'S  PILGRLM'S  PROGRESS.    46  illustra- 

tions. 

6.  SWISS  FAMILY  ROBINSON.    50  illustrations. 

7.  GULLIVER'S  TRAVELS.    50  illustrations. 


HENRY  ALTEMUS'  PUBLICATIONS. 


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SERIES. 
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1.  ABBE  CONSTANTIN.— Halevv. 

2.  ADVENTURES  OF  A  BROWNIE.— Mulock. 

3.  ALICE'S  ADVENTURES  IN  WONDERLAND.— 

Carroll. 

4.  AMERICAN  NOTES.— Kipling. 

5.  AUTOBIOGRAPHY    OF    BENJAMIN   FRANK- 

LIN. 
6.    AUTOCRAT   OF  THE   BREAKFAST  TABLE.— 
Holmes. 

11.  BAB   BALLALDS   AND    SAVOY    SONGS.-Gil- 

bert. 

12.  BACON'S  ESSAYS. 

13.  BALZAC'S  SHORTER  STORIES. 

14.  BARRACK-ROOM  BALLADS  AND  DITTIES.— 

Kipling. 

15.  BATTLE  OF  LIFE.— Dickens. 

16.  BIGLOW  PAPERS.— Lowell. 

17.  BLACK  BEAUTY.— Sewell. 

18.  BLITHEDALE  ROMANCE,  THE.— Hawthorne. 

19.  BRACEBRIDGE  HALL.— Irving. 

20.  BRYANT'S  POEMS. 

26.  CAMILLE.— Dumas,  Jr. 

27.  CARMEN.— Merimee. 

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Vademecum  Series— Continued. 

28.  CHARLOTTE  TEMPLE.-Rowson. 

29.  CHESTERFIELD'S      LETTERS,      SENTENCES 

AND  MAXIMS. 

30.  CHILD'S  GARDEN  OF  VERSES.-Stevenson. 

31.  CHILDE  HAROLD'S  PILORIMAGE.-Byron. 

32.  CHIMES,  THE.— Dickens. 

33.  CHRISTIE'S  OLD  ORGAN.— Walton. 

34.  CHRISTMAS   CAROL,   A.— Dickens. 

35.  CONFE^IONS    OF   AN    OPIUM    EATER.-De 

Quincey. 

36.  CRANPORD.-Ga.skeB. 

37.  CRICKET  ON  THE  HEARTH.-Dickens. 

38.  CROWN  OF  WILD  OLIVE,  THE.-Ruskin. 

43.  DAY  BREAKETH,  THE.-Shugert. 

44.  DAYS    WITH    SIR   ROGER   DE    COVERLY.— 

Addison. 

45.  DISCX3URSES,  EPICTETUS. 

46.  DOG  OF  FLANDERS,  A.-Ouida. 

47.  DREAM  LIFE.— Mitchell. 

51.  E:\IER>S0N'S  ESSAYS,  FIRST  SERIES. 

52.  EMERSON'S  ESSAYS,  SECOND  SERIES. 

53.  ENDYMK)N.— Keats. 

54.  ESSAYS  OF  ELIA.-Lamb. 

55.  ETHICS  OF  THE  DUST.-Ruskin. 

56.  EVANGELINE.— Longfellow. 

61.  FAIRY  LAND  OF  SCIENCE.— Buckley. 

62.  FANCHON.-Sand. 

63.  FOR  DAILY  BREAD.— Sienkiewicz. 

67.  GRAMMAR  OF  PALMISTRY.— St.  Hill. 

68.  GREEK  HEROES.— Kingsley. 

69.  GULLIVER'S  TRAVEL'S.-Swift. 

74.  HANIA.— Sienkiewicz. 

75.  HAUNTED  MAN,  THE.-Dickens. 

76.  HEROES  AND  HERO  WORSHIP.— Carlyle. 

77.  HIAWATHA,   THE   SONG  OF.-Longfellow. 

78.  HOLME'S  POEMS. 

79.  HOUSE  OF  THE  SEVEN  GABLES —Hawthorne. 

80.  HOUSE  OF  THE  WOLF.— Weyman. 

81.  HYPERION.— Longfellow. 

87.  IDLE  THOUGHTS  OF  AN   IDLE  FELLOW.— 

Jerome. 

88.  IDYLLS  OF  THE  KING.-Tennvson. 

89.  IMPREGNABLE    ROCK    OF    HOLY    SCRIPT- 
URE.—Gladstone. 

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Vademecum  Series— Continued. 

90.  IN  BLACK  AND  WHITE.— Kipling. 

91.  IN  MEMORIAM.— Tennyson. 

96.  JESSICA'S  FIRST  PRAYER.— Stretton. 

97.  J.  COLE.— Gellibrand. 

101.  KAVANAGH.— Longfellow. 

102.  KIDNAPPED.— Stevenson. 

103.  KNICKERBOCKER'S      HISTORY      OF      NEW 

YORK.— Irving. 

107.  LA   BELLE   NIVERNAISE.— Daudet. 

108.  LADDIE  AND  MISS  TOOSEY^'S  MISSION. 

109.  LADY  OF  THE  LAKE.-Scott. 

110.  LALLA  ROOKH.— Moore. 

111.  LAST  ESSAYS  OF  ELIA.— Lamb. 

112.  LAYS  OF  ANCIENT  ROME,  THE.— Macaulay. 

113.  LET  US  FOLLOW  HIM.— Sienl^iewiez. 

114.  LIGHT  OF  ASIA.— Arnold. 

115.  LIGHT  THAT  FAILED,  THE.-Kipling. 

116.  LITTLE  LAME  PRINCE.— Mulock. 

117.  LONGFELLOW'S  POEMS,  VOL.  I. 

118.  LONGFELLOW'S  POEMS,  VOL.  II. 

119.  LOWELL'S  POEMS. 

120.  LUCILE.-Meredith. 

126.  MAGIC  NUTS,  THE.— Molesworth. 

127.  MANON  LESCAUT.— Prevost. 

128.  MARMION.— Scott. 

129.  MASTER  OF  BALLANTRAE,  THE. -Stevenson 

130.  MILTON'S  POEMS. 

131.  MINE  OWN  PEOPLE.-Kipling. 

132.  MINISTER  OF  THl^VORLD.— Mason. 

133.  IMOSSES  FROM  AN  OLD  MANSE.— Hawthorne 

134.  MULVANEY  STORIES.— Kipling. 

140.  NATURAL      LAW      IN      THE      SPIRITUAL 

WORLD.— Drummond. 

141.  NATURE,    ADDRESSES,    AND    LECTURES.— 

Emerson, 

145.  OLD  CHRISTMAS.-Irving. 

146.  OUTRE-IMER.- Longfellow. 

150.  PARADISE  LOST.— Milton. 

151.  PARADISE  REGAINED.-Milton. 

152.  PAUL  AND  VIRGINIA.— Sainte  Pierre. 

153.  PETER  SCHLEMIHL.-Chamisso. 

154.  PHANTOM  RICKSHAW.-KiDling. 

155.  PILGRIM'S  PROGRESS,  THE.— Bunyan. 

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Vademecum  Series— Continued. 

156.  PLAIN  TALES  FROM  THE  HILLS.— Kipling. 

157.  PLEASURES  OF  LIFE.— Lubbock. 

158.  PLUTARCH'S  LIVES. 

159.  POE'S  POEMS. 

160.  PRINCE  OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  DAVID.-Ingra- 

iiam. 

161.  PRINCESS  AND  MAUD.-Tennyson. 

162.  PRUE  AND  I.-Curtis. 

169.  QUEEN  OF  THE  AIR.— Rusldn. 

172.  RAB  AND  HIS  FRIENDS.-I^rown. 

173.  REPRESENTATIVE  ]\IEN.— Emerson. 

174.  REVERIES  OF  A  BACHELOR.-Mitchell. 

175.  RIP  VAN  WINKLE.-Ining. 

176.  ROMANCE    OF    A    POOR    YOUNG    MAN.— 

Feuillet. 

177.  RUBAIYAT  OF  0:MAR  KHAYYAM.— 

182.  SAiMANTHA  AT  SARATOGA.-Holley. 

183.  SARTOR  RESARTUS.— Carlyle. 

184.  SCARLET  LETTER,  THE.— Hawtliorne. 

185.  SCHOOL  FOR  SCANDAL.-Sheridan. 

186.  SENTIMENTAL  JOURNEY,  A.-Sterne. 

187.  SESAME  ANL  LILIES.— Ruslcin. 

188.  SHAKSPEARE'S  HEROINES.— Jameson. 

189.  SHE  STOOPS  TO  CONQUER.-Goldsmith. 

190.  SILAS  MARNER.-Eliot. 

191.  SKETCH  BOOK,  THE.— Irving. 

192.  SNOW  IMAGE,  THE.— Hawtiiorne. 

199.  TALES  FROM  SHAKSPEARE.-Lamb. 

200.  TANGLEWOOD  TALES.-Hawtliorne. 

201.  TARTARIN  OF  TARASCON.— Daudet. 

202.  TARTARIN  ON  THE  ALPS.— Daudet. 

203.  TEN  NIGHTS  IN  A  BAR-ROO]\L-Arthur. 

204.  THINGS  WILL  TAKE  A  TURN.— Harraden. 

205.  THOUGHTS —:\rARCUS  AURELIUS. 

206.  THROUGH  THE  LOOKING  GLASS.-Carroll. 

207.  TOM  BROWN'S  SCHOOL  DAYS.-Hughes. 

208.  TREASURE   ISLAND.— Stevenson. 

209.  TWICE  TOLD  TALES.— Hawthorne. 

210.  TWO  YEARS  BEFORE  THE  MAST.— Dana. 

217.  UNCLE  TOM'S  CABIN.— Stowe. 

218.  UNDINE.— Fouque. 

222.  VIC;    THE    AUTOBIOGRAPHY    OF    A    FOX- 
TERRIER.— Marsh. 
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Vademecum  Series— Continued. 

223.  VICAR  OF  WAKEFIELD.-Goldsmith. 

226.  WALDEN.— Thoreau. 

227.  WATER  BABIES.— Kingsley. 

228.  WEIRD  TALES.— Poe. 

229.  WHAT  IS  ART?-Tolstoi. 

230.  WHITTIER'S  POEMS,  VOL.  I. 

231.  WHITTIER'S  POEMS,  VOL.  IL 

232.  WINDOW  IN  THRUMS.— Barrie. 

233.  WOMAN'S  WORK  IN  THE  HOME.-Farrar. 

234.  WONDER   BOOK,  A.— Hawthorne. 

241.  YELLOWPLUSH  PAPERS,  THE.-Thackeray. 

244.  ZOE.— By  author  of  "  Laddie,''  etc. 


ALTEMUS'    ILLUSTRATED    DEVOTIONAL 
SERIES. 

Full   White  Vellum,   handsome   new   mosaic   design  in 
gold  and  colors,  gold  edges,  Boxed,  50  cents. 

1.  ABIDE  IN  CHRIST.— Murray. 

2.  AT  THE  BEAUTIFUL  GATE. 

3.  BEECHER'S  ADDRESSES. 

4.  BEST  THOUGHTS.— From  Henry  Drummond. 

5.  BIBLE  BIRTHDAY  BOOK. 

6.  BROOKS'  ADDRESSES. 

7.  CHAMBER    OF    PEACE. 

8.  CHANGED  CROSS,  THE. 

9.  CHRISTIAN  LIFE.-Oxenden. 

10.  CHRISTIAN   LIVING.— Meyer. 

11.  CHRISTIAN'S  SECRET  OF  A  HAPPY  LIFE. 

12.  CHRISTIE'S  OLD  ORGAN.— Walton. 

13.  COMING  TO  CHRIST.— Havergal. 

14.  DAILY  FOOD  FOR  CHRISTIANS. 

15.  DAY  BREAKETH,  THE.— Shugert. 

16.  DAYS  OF  GRACE.— Murray. 

17.  DRUMMOND'S  ADDRESSES. 

18.  EVENING  THOUGHTS.-Havergal. 

19.  GOLD  DUST. 

20.  HOLY  IN  CHRIST.— Murray. 

21.  IMITATION  OF  CHRIST,  THE.— A'Kempis. 

22.  IMPREGNABLE  ROCK  OF  HOLY  SCRIPTURE. 

—Gladstone. 

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Devotional  Series— Continued. 

23.  JESSICA'S  FIRST  PRAYER.— Stretton. 

24.  JOHN    PLOUGHMAN'S    PICTURES.— Spurgeon. 

25.  JOHN   PLOUGHMAN'S  TALK.-Spurgeon. 

26.  KEPT  FOR  THE  MASTER'S  USE.— Havergal. 

27.  KEBLE'S  CHRISTIAN  YEAR. 

28.  LET  US   FOLLOW   HIM.— Sienkiewicz. 

29.  LIKE   CHRIST.-Murrav. 

30.  LINE  UPON  LINE. 

31.  MANLINESS   OF   CHRIST,   THE.— Hughes. 

32.  ]MESSAGE  OF  PEACE,  THE.-Church. 

33.  MORNING  THOUGHTS.— Havergal. 

34.  MY  KING  AND  HIS  SERVICE.— Havergal. 

35.  NATURAL       LAW       IN     ^THE       SPIRITUAL 

WORLD.— Drummond. 

36.  PALACE  OF  THE  KING. 

37.  PATHWAY  OF  PROMISE. 

38.  PATHWAY  OF  SAFETY.-Oxenden. 

39.  PEEP  OF  DAY. 

40.  PILGRLM'S  PROGRESS,  THE.— Bunyan. 

41.  PRECEPT  UPON   PRECEPT. 

42.  PRINCE   OF   THE   HOUSE   OF  DAVID— Ingra- 

ham. 

43.  SHADOW  OF  THE  ROCK. 

44.  SHEPHERD    PSALM.— Mever. 

45.  STEPS  INTO  THE  BLESSED  LIFE.— Meyer. 

46.  STEPPING  HEAVENWARD.— Prentiss. 

47.  THE  THRONE  OF  GRACE. 

48.  UNTO  THE  DESIRED  HAVEN. 

49.  UPLANDS  OF  GOD. 

50.  WITH   CHRIST.— Murray. 


15    . 


ALTEMUS'  EDITION  SHAKSPEARE  PLAYS. 

HANDY    VOLUME    SIZE. 

Limp  cloth   binding,  gold  top,   illuminated  title   and 
frontispiece,  35  cents.. 


1.  ALL'S  WELL  THAT  ENDS  WELL. 

2.  ANTONY  AND  CLEOPATRA. 

3.  A  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM. 

4.  AS  YOU  LIKE  IT. 

5.  COMEDY  OF  ERRORS. 

6.  CORIOLANUS. 

7.  CYMBELINE. 

8.  HAMLET. 

9.  JULIUS  C^SAR. 

10.  KING  HENRY  IV.     (Part  I), 

n.  KING  HENRY  IV.     (Part  II). 

12.  KING  HENRY  V. 

13.  KING  HENRY  VI.     (Part  I). 

14.  KING  HENRY  VI.     (Part  II). 

15.  KING  HENRY  VI.     (Part  III). 

16.  KING  HENRY  VIII. 

17.  KING  JOHN. 

18.  KING  LEAR. 

19.  KING  RICHARD  II. 

20.  KING  RICHARD  III. 

21.  LOVE'S  LABOUR'S  LOST. 

22.  MACBETH. 

23.  IMEASURE  FOR  MEASURE. 

24.  MUCH  ADO  ABOUT  NOTHING. 
i5.  OTHELLO. 

26.  PERICLES. 

27.  ROMEO  AND  JULIET. 

28.  THE  MERCHANT  OF  VENICE. 

29.  THE  MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR. 

30.  THE  TAMING  OF  THE  SHREW. 

31.  THE   TEMPEST. 

32.  THE  TWO  GENTLEMEN  OF  VERONA. 

33.  THE  WINTER'S  TALE. 

34.  TIMON  OF  ATHENS. 

35.  TITUS  ANDRONICUS. 

36.  TROILUS  AND  CRESSIDA. 

37.  TWELFTH  NIGHT. 

38.  VENUS  AND  ADONIS  AND  LUCRECE. 

39.  SONNETS,  PASSIONATE  PILGRIM,  ETC. 

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